{"id":144707,"date":"2023-12-13T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144707"},"modified":"2023-12-13T13:31:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:31:59","slug":"read-the-awkward-texts-i-got-when-i-dumped-a-man-after-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/lifestyle\/read-the-awkward-texts-i-got-when-i-dumped-a-man-after-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Read the awkward texts I got when I dumped a man after a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> I dumped a guy after a month when I realised I didn&#8217;t find him attractive. Then he sent me this utterly unhinged barrage of messages<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A woman shared the strange texts her ex of one month sent her<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Boyfriend bombards girlfriend after she went out with friends<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman has shared the &#8216;horrific&#8217; messages her former fling sent her when she tried to end the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Mandy had been seeing a man for less than a month when she realised she wasn&#8217;t attracted to him and that his personality wasn&#8217;t what she wanted in a partner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I tried giving him a chance but he was flaky and bragged about how he slept with multiple women and paid for escorts,&#8217; she revealed on Reddit. &#8216;He just grossed me out so I had to end it. We only went on one formal date.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The man completely &#8216;freaked out&#8217; after she expressed her disinterest &#8211; going on winding paragraphs about how they were &#8216;perfect&#8217; together and he didn&#8217;t understand how she changed her mind so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m in shock right now,&#8217; he responded. &#8216;This is not you. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on, you&#8217;re literally making no sense. Have you been putting on a fa\u00e7ade this whole time?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/03\/78896109-12857369-Mandy_had_been_seeing_a_man_for_less_than_a_month_when_she_reali-a-13_1702437613522.jpg\" height=\"942\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mandy had been seeing a man for less than a month when she realised she wasn&#8217;t attracted to him and that his personality wasn&#8217;t what she wanted in a partner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895597-12857369-image-m-45_1702435100526.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895595-12857369-image-a-46_1702435107030.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman has shared the &#8216;horrific&#8217; messages her ex-fling sent her when she tried to end the relationship<\/p>\n<p>Mandy originally wanted to speak over the phone but the man said he was ill and would prefer to text, so she\u00a0continued to be polite &#8211; explaining that while she had fun getting to know him, they simply weren&#8217;t compatible.<\/p>\n<p>But he refused to take &#8216;no&#8217; for an answer and continued to accuse Mandy of lying to him or falling for someone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You probably met a guy tonight,&#8217; he said. &#8216;We need to have a real talk &#8211; I feel like you&#8217;re taking the easy way out [by texting]. I&#8217;m seeing you in person and we&#8217;re talking this out. I&#8217;m not losing you like this. I&#8217;m seeing you tomorrow afternoon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mandy started to feel anxious because of the man&#8217;s persistence and begged him to calm down &#8211; but he insisted that he was &#8216;flaky&#8217; because he was ill and that it wasn&#8217;t a reflection of his character.<\/p>\n<p>He texted: &#8216;You need to trust me. This is something that can be explained and talked over &#8211; emotions are just high right now. Let me call you in the morning &#8211; even for the sake of nothing ending it over text. This is stupid, we&#8217;re both adults.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895587-12857369-image-a-48_1702435181615.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mandy originally wanted to speak over the phone but the man said he was ill and would prefer to text, so she continued to be polite &#8211; explaining that while she had fun getting to know him, they simply weren&#8217;t compatible<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: My boyfriend exposed his disgusting habit three months after we moved in together &#8211; here&#8217;s the red flag I ignored<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/03\/78895607-12857369-The_man_told_Mandy_she_was_being_rash_because_he_felt_like_they_-a-12_1702437613520.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The man told Mandy she was being rash because he felt like they had a good connection\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mandy responded: &#8216;My emotions aren&#8217;t high, it&#8217;s just not working out. I wanted to call you but you said you can&#8217;t talk over the phone.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8216;I called you out for being flaky and yet your behaviour continued. I can have a perfectly normal conversation with you, but there are more things to consider when evaluating a potential partner. You lack characteristics I want in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s simple, to have true feelings for someone, it requires more depth that I don&#8217;t see in you or your behaviour.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then accused Mandy of being &#8216;cold&#8217; and a villain &#8211; and then sent her a long string of messages explaining his side of the story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895581-12857369-image-m-57_1702435514767.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895583-12857369-image-a-58_1702435519953.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The man continued to insist on seeing Mandy in person, but she no longer wanted anything to do with him and made that clear<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Your reasoning is unwarranted and a little out of pocket. You don&#8217;t have to be honest with me, but for your own personal growth, you should be honest with yourself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Maybe it was just a pipe dream to envision us together, but I thought we were compatible. If you can&#8217;t go without seeing me because of my current impediments (that are out of my jurisdiction mind you) then maybe you&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am on a path to success and there are times when I&#8217;ll fall down that I&#8217;ll have to get up. I think I&#8217;m looking for someone who&#8217;s more understanding and open-minded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m sorry but I refuse to acknowledge the fact that I&#8217;m being flaky, because you&#8217;re painting a few incidents as the centric ideology of your whole refutation [sic].<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That statement is more a testament to you just being unreasonable with my current plate that I&#8217;ve been dealing with, but it&#8217;s your choice at the end of the day and I&#8217;m not going to argue with that. It&#8217;s not my character and I stand firm by that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895591-12857369-image-m-52_1702435400417.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78895585-12857369-image-a-53_1702435409022.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>He then accused Mandy of being &#8216;cold&#8217; and a villain &#8211; and then sent her a long string of messages explaining his side of the story<\/p>\n<p>Some couldn&#8217;t believe the man would react like that and shamed his actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019ve had eerily similar responses from guys who just couldn\u2019t fathom why I was no longer interested and insisted on talking in person,&#8217; one shared. &#8216;Almost like they know it\u2019s easier to manipulate and guilt trip face to face.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This guy seems really emotional over a month-long relationship,&#8217; another pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s gross. 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