I was really looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day with my boyfriend this year.
We had been together for over a year and I was excited about a romantic evening out. We had been planning it for weeks, arranging our time off from work, making reservations, and picking out the perfect outfits.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.
5 days before Valentine’s Day, my boyfriend got called into work for an unexpected overtime shift. I was really disappointed, but I was also understanding. His job was important to him and I knew that he had to take it seriously.
But then he told me that he wasn’t going to be able to make it up to me. He said that he was too exhausted to do anything after his shift and that he just wanted to go home and rest. I was hurt and frustrated by his lack of consideration.
I tried to explain to him that this was an important day for me and that I had been looking forward to it for weeks. But he just rolled his eyes and said that it was just another day. It felt like he didn’t care at all.
I felt so rejected and unimportant. I wanted to spend the day with him and I felt like he was choosing his job over me. I wanted to make him understand how I was feeling, but he just kept insisting that it wasn’t a big deal.
I didn’t want to make a scene, so I just said that it was fine and that I would go out with my friends instead. He said that was a good idea and then just left for work without saying goodbye.
I was really upset and I felt like my feelings didn’t matter to him. I thought that he would make an effort to make it up to me, but he didn’t even apologize. I was so angry and frustrated that I couldn’t even bring myself to talk to him.
I spent the whole day alone, feeling like my boyfriend didn’t care about me or our relationship. I wanted to talk to him about it, but I knew that it would just end in an argument. So I decided to just let it go and try to forget about it.
But I couldn’t get over how much he had hurt me. I was so angry and disappointed that he had chosen work over me. I felt like I was never going to be able to trust him or feel secure in our relationship again.
But I was still unhappy, by then all my friends had already posted on their instagram.