Why did you and your first significant other break up?

I bought a house in a great neighborhood for my son to grow up in and to start a family with my then ex gf. For about a year after living together, I was working the night shift and I asked her to make sure my son is doing his homework and is being fed, etc. Almost every single time I came home from work in the morning, he would come up crying to me saying he's hungry and how my ex never made him dinner. I gave her 2 chances to fix that issue. The final straw was for her to say so when are you getting rid of him? My son was next to me when he heard that and he broke down crying. I was LIVID and I told her to leave. She wouldn't leave and I ended up calling my parents and to have them pick my son up. My dad took my son home and my ex said the most awful thing to me in front of my mom, "why won't you get rid of him? He's a mistake from your ex, we can make better kids". I told her to leave that night immediately. I called my ex's dad and told him that he needed to get her daughter out of my house. He came and helped her to get her stuff out of my house. This went on for a painful 2 days and after she moved out, she called me up and apologied for what she said to me. She was pmsing.

Uhhhh.... You mean I saw your true color? No. Don't call me. Don't talk to me ever again.

6 years later, my son is happy and I am with the most wonderful woman who is great with my.son and myself. She has 2 kids from her previous relationship. I cannot complain and it amazing with her. Very fluid conversation, anytime we have an issue, we work out the issue together rather than fighting it out on each other.

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