“Breaking up is hard to do”; but sometimes it is an absolute necessity. Especially if the relationship carries all the caustic characteristics of a tabloid horror story. naturally, it also emcompassed all of the aspects most intelligent people try to avoid in a relationship: long distance, a bucket full of jealousy, and a heaping helping of a little bit crazy! Throw in the holidays, the worst time of the year to break up and you have the disaster that was my Thanksgiving a few years back.


The relationship started out nice enough. We had met online and seemed to have a lot in common. But a flight across country for our first meeting should have been a clue of what was to come. I called her cell as soon as I got off the plane. I saw a woman talking on the phone that looked like the picture I had of her and quickly mentioned I thought I saw her. “Oh no, it can’t be me. I am still coming up to the airport.” That was her first lie. Basically, she wanted to scope me out first so that if I was a dog, she could bolt. Too late! I had seen her. This was just the beginning of the relationship breakup.

After a year of similar craziness it all came to head over the thanksgiving holiday. Locked in her home with a crazy dog, 5 nutty cats, two daughters, one of whom was constantly in “shoot me please, she’s at it again “drama, and regular jealous badgering about every text or phone call I got, it was time to make a stand…and make a run for it! There was just one problem though; she was planning on taking me back to the airport. I knew my leaving was going to be hard on her, and that it would shock her but I know eventually she would get over us breaking up. There was no way to sneak out with all my “stuff” without creating a scene.

Luckily, the night before I was scheduled to leave it began to snow like crazy. There was going to be blizzard conditions soon and the airport would be closing down by the next afternoon. I dutifully used the “I have to get back to my business” speech and loaded up early for the drive to airport. It was only after I was safely on the plane home that she noticed I was gone for good..

Rodney D – 53, Writer and Sales Trainer.

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