We got to a point in our relationship where we were fighting every day. We’ll fight today and not talk for days. While apart, we’d realize that we needed each other so we’d come back together again. It got rough. I must admit, I could have been a gentleman in all this but anger wouldn’t let me see things clearly.

One evening, after a fight, we take a break and decide the future of our relationship. This one was an intentional decision. We didn’t give a specific time. We took it as being under the water. Whoever went out of breath would resurface and recall the relationship.

I knew she didn’t have money, so I gave her money. I shopped for her and told her, “We are apart but if you need something, you can text me.”

We were taking a break but I was so sure we would come back together again, stronger than before.

A week later, one of the guys called me, “Charle, you and Amanda no dey again? Jigga dey eat am ooo.”

I didn’t believe it until the third call came. In one week, I had three calls. Each of them was telling me who was eating Amanda. I called her severally but she didn’t answer. She only texted later in the day and said, “We don’t have to call each other, remember?”

I went to her house to ask questions. I wanted to hear from her. Most importantly, I wanted to hear her say the rumours were false. She told me, “We are no longer together, what do you expect from me? Anyway, I’m not sleeping with them. I’m only trying them.”

Her demeanour didn’t support what she was saying. I’d known her for over ten years and dated her for three years so I know when she was lying. I left her house knowing our end had come.

We didn’t talk again for over a month. One day she texted; “I’m out of the water, trying to catch my breath. Can we talk?”

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She wanted to come back because the guys she tried were not worth it. I didn’t give myself the chance to try any other woman but I knew Amanda wasn’t worth it. I said no. She said, “Then no one can take you away from me.”

She’s still hanging around. When I need sex, I get it from her but she knows I’m never going to give her the chance I gave her the first time.

—Fortune

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