I called her in the morning, just like I always do when I wake up. I asked if she slept well, and she said she didn’t. I asked what the problem was, and she answered, “It’s not easy telling you. But don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

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People don’t share everything they’re going through with you, no matter the relationship you have, so it was normal to me. I wished her well and told her she would be fine, no matter what she was going through.

Later in the evening, she called. “Why didn’t you probe further? Why didn’t you insist on knowing what I was going through?”

I responded, “I didn’t have to insist. If you wanted to tell me, you would have. I had to respect the fact that it wasn’t easy for you to say.”

She queried, “Do you care about me?”

I answered yes.

She asked, “And you don’t care about what I’m going through? What if it’s killing me?”

We went back and forth on this issue until she concluded, “I can see you don’t love me as you said, and it’s fine.”

We had dated for only one month, and I had known her for a few months.

I woke up at dawn to see her message. “You see what I’m talking about? You don’t care. I cut the call, and you didn’t bother to call me again and try to make peace. It’s not your fault. You’ve gotten what you want, so you can afford to treat me anyhow. God is watching you.”

At this point, I was so angry I didn’t know what to do or say. I simply put the phone down and continued sleeping. Early in the morning, there was a long voice note: “If you came into my life just to have sex and treat me anyhow, God will never forgive you. Mark my words.”

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I simply blocked her, buried my head in my pillow, and screamed into it. Why do some women make relationships so difficult? Or was she right when she said I didn’t show much care?

—Sandra 

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