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I Am an 18 Year Old Nice Guy

Maybe you were trying too hard to please her. Next time, focus more on yourself.

I (Sean) am the nicest 18 year old guy in the world. I am in a small college. Basically all I ever wanted to do was make my girlfriend happy. I brought flowers on average about every 2 weeks she would receive fresh flowers. I would want to see her happy just because I was happy and wanted to spread the feeling. That's how I am...

She WAS the Nicest Girl

K was my girlfriend up until a couple of months ago. She WAS the nicest girl in the world. Loved doing crafts and creative things and I always supported her. She didn't know how to communicate well but we were working on that. She is at a larger college about 5 minutes away from mine.

The OTHER Guy Was in Her Program at School

I will call him "J". J was one of the three freshman in her program with her. I understood that there were only three people starting this year in that program and that she would be with him much of the day. I was OK with that. He is not from around here and came a 1000 miles to go to this college she is in.

Our Story:

we were good friends for about a year and a half. Then in the middle of our senior year of high school we started dating. Everyone of our friends said we were so cute together and we were a great match.

It went GREAT for a while. Then came college. She started to change and I know people change...but she didn't let me in on her changes and wouldn't let me be there in a way to see the changes. We were kinda rocky from that, but we were still the greatest couple anyone has seen.

Then she started lying to me.

She Wanted a Break From Me

She didn't tell me things she used to and didn't let me help with certain things that I always did. Then it came... she wanted "time and space".

I admit at first I was uneasy with it. I was worried about why she wanted it. She couldn't tell me for how long and etc. I asked her if we were still together but just taking time away.

"Right..." she said, "Yeah."

I was OK then... two weeks went by with no contact basically and then I heard rumors from friends so I asked my friend in one of the same classes to tell her that I wanted to see her later that day after her classes. I went by and instead of seeing her, my friend handed me a note from her.

She Left me a "Dear John" Note

In the note she basically said some lies here and there and that it is over. She had said that she was just sitting around for the past two weeks and wasn't doing much... yet any of OUR friends that went to see her always got the same thing... she is with J STUDYING.

So basically she is now "with" J and not me.

But she was the nicest person in the world, besides me. No one had ever thought that she would do such a thing.

She has basically stopped talking to all her good friends too.

What I want to ask is... I loved "K" with all my heart. I still do but I know its over and I have to move on. It's just things come up and I remember things from the relationship then I feel I need to cry.

This is two months after the note I got from "K". I haven't spoken to her and don't want to either. But I just want to get over her. I have this feeling sort of and I know its not true but I keep thinking it; How can I ever put so much effort into a relationship when I've seen the nicest person in the world go sour?

Is there really no guarantee that someone won't go bad on me? Can I ever put as much love into anything as I did into this without being scared of this happening again?

It's really hard and its putting me in a light depression. Make the pain stop! what do I do?

Your girlfriend is not a bad person.
People do change in college. She's still a nice person. Examine yourself
There are no guarantees in the game of love.
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