Lockdown has given some people the time to reflect on failed relationships 💔 Here are three stories of three different apologies
A Reddit post by a woman who explained her mixed emotions at receiving an out-of-the-blue apology from her first boyfriend during lockdown prompted dozens of others to share details of their own experiences. The BBC spoke to a man who has sent two unexpected lockdown apologies - and to a woman who has received one.It was another Friday evening in lockdown, of staring at a computer screen, toggling between news sites and social media, when the email from James arrived.
After initial hesitation, they gave in. Irina's mother had been a railway conductor from a rural part of Russia when she fell in love with Irina's father, a passenger on her train. She was 19, he was 30. Weeks later she packed her bags and knocked on his door, 1,000 miles away, informing him that they should now live together. How could they deny their daughter her own big adventure?
They texted over the next few weeks, and soon their relationship became official, though the cracks appeared right away. Eventually, two years later, Irina was told by mutual friends that James had confessed he'd cheated on her. He apologised about how he had behaved, saying that he felt mortified when he read the texts he had sent her.
When she got back, she decided to reply. She told him to be kind to himself and said that everyone has made mistakes, especially when they are young. And then she addressed his apology. The week before, a typical day for him started at 5.30am. He'd work out with his colleagues at the army base in Missouri where he worked as an IT engineer, go home, shower, eat and go back to the base. He lived alone in an apartment nearby.
When he finally told her all this, saying he didn't think they could carry on, Sarah dissolved into tears on the floor. She was devastated. This was too abrupt an end to their relationship, she said. "She said for a while she couldn't see me [because I was] someone who had caused her pain, but that was all over now," Chris says."She said she now realised that we weren't right for each other."
It was the first time Chris and he had met. The night began in a friendly enough tone but soon everyone was drunk.
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