Why does your silence hurt so much after a breakup?

i think about the things you’ve said to me when im crying on the phone, begging you for a single sign you miss me.

telling me you hate seeing characters that remind you of me. that you sober up at the sight of any of our pictures together, that the memory of me aches like a raw wound.

“i just thought you would miss me.”

“how. genuinely how.”

I don’t think anyone’s ever torn me apart with two words faster. it isn’t an I love you. it wasn’t a breakup message.

It was learning just how much he wanted me gone.

Last updated on:2026-05-13T20:28:36+05:30

Comments (8)

starynight
starynight 35 mins ago

when someone starts talking to you like your love is a burden, i think distance is the only thing that slowly brings your self worth back. i know that ache though, it sticks to EVERYTHING.

infinitejax
infinitejax 17 mins ago

distance has been helping but I don’t want to leave him behind if that makes sense.

megaesbirro
megaesbirro 37 mins ago

Remember that every day he chooses not to reach out to you and to keep moving forward, so you have to choose yourself and do the same. He is letting you go, so why would you beg someone who isn’t fighting for you?

I’m sending you lots of love. You are strong, and you can get through this.

infinitejax
infinitejax 16 mins ago

thank you. 🩶I don’t even know where we stand because he hasn’t been able to communicate right since. But im just trying to grow the same way he is.

SassyScorpio
SassyScorpio 2 hrs ago

If someone doesn’t miss us, why even try making them? Chin up and move forward 🫶🏼

infinitejax
infinitejax 1 hr ago

I want to but I don’t want to at the same time, if the makes sense. I want to move forward and be better but I want it to be with him.

Looselife
Looselife 5 hrs ago

was that the moment you realized you were mourning the version of him you thought existed?

infinitejax
infinitejax 1 hr ago

a little. I just realized how badly I’d fucked up in that moment more than anything else.