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Input: Based on the title I would clearly be an asshole but there is a lot more to this situation, so bare with me. 

I had been with this girl around 11 months when this happened but we had been falling apart for several months prior. She was a very sweet girl, but she really bottled her emotions and she knew I could tell. 

For the entirety of our relationship I could sense when she was feeling down, so I would periodically ask her how she was feeling. I would almost always receive a vague answer, which deterred me from trying to pry her feelings out of her. 

Moreover, I always felt like she was too afraid to say her input. I would have to constantly make decisions about pretty much anything because the only response I would get would be “idk or idc.” This frustrated me a lot because I just wanted to see her input on things and a bit of reciprocation. 

Now around 9 months into our relationship things were still extremely stagnant, other than our sex lives. Being 17 our drives were very high but the sex was also great and unlike anything I’d experienced before. But regardless of sex, I was still disappointed by our lack of change. It was around this time where I was convinced I had to end things. 

Here’s the catch: we both have the SAT coming up in a month, and she was obviously very stressed about the exam. I decided that I would just have to tough it out until we finished the exam because I didn’t want to distract her with a break up. But in this time she would shut herself away from me even more. 

After the exam we treat each other to a concert. At the concert I could tell that she was down I I just couldn’t figure it out. I confronted her and told her that I wanted to talk about her feelings just not at the concert. 

A week later I go to her house to study for a test. Every time we hung out we had sex, so it was only natural for us to do that. But further on that day I finally brought it up, where she confessed that she was barely eating to the point of being unhealthy. I felt devastated by this because I she was in pain, but I had tried so hard to help her. It suddenly hit me like a bus that it was really only the sex that held our relationship together. I didn’t want friends with benefits, I wanted someone I could be emotional with so we could connect better. After more than 11 months of a relationship, it was too dissatisfying to just have good sex. I then told her that we needed time apart because we needed to grow as people. 

As a final point, I had not planned on breaking up with her that day because I didn’t want her stressed for this exam, but I just couldn’t do it anymore. 

I appreciate anyone’s input and I’ll gladly answer questions. 


having sex with my then girlfriend the same day I broke up with her