1 miscarriage, 1 lie about deployment, dozens of dick pics, dozens of "hru" texts, hundreds of fake promises, and I'm finally done.

"I loved you. You're the one who didn't commit, and now I'm done." "Loved...past tense?" "Past tense."

He strung me along for ages, telling me all the right things, feeding me all the right lines, withholding communication until I fed into his sadistic sexual needs, disappearing and reappearing whenever his ego needed stroking, and it's finally over.

The manipulation is done. The veneer of a HVM is gone. I see him for what he is and I see myself for who I am.

I tried ending things before but he never let me, and now, thanks to my new confidence and this fantastic subreddit, I've finally freed myself from his abuse.

I know this probably isn't a big deal but I feel so much better now and I wanted to share it.

Thanks, everyone. Love y'all.