Done in Never Say Never

There’s a scene in Girls where Shoshanna and Ray have broken up and she’s explaining to him that she doesn’t want to be with someone who doesn’t want to be with her. “That’s called self-respect,” she says.

I didn’t need to hear AGAIN what he wishes he was doing for Christmas and how that in no way includes me. And have him throw in my face that I am the one going away for Christmas and my birthday after he told me to go – and after he acted like a grade A ass about my birthday.

After a few long, hard months of him treating me like I hardly exist, I packed my bags and drove home. After more than one conversation where he was positively cruel, I called it quits.

I don’t know if that’s called self-respect. But it’s something close to relief.