@opallauryn: This morning I’m thinking about every partner and parent, who has put so much effort into creating magic and memories, only to have no effort shown back to them in return. We are more than the roles we play. We are more than ideas. We deserve better. #breakup #relationships #separation #patriarchy #healing
It’s awful isn’t it? It re-wired my entire thoughts on my relationship and how I felt about myself too.
2026-05-26 16:08:39
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joy :
I can hear the hurt in your voice and it breaks my heart you deserve the world, never let anyone make you believe otherwise 🥰🥰🥰
2026-05-26 13:54:00
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Krista Peters :
I've been there. 🫂 we need to know our own needs and show up for ourselves and unfortunately that means we've been the only one in the relationship, they wanted the status not the person
2026-05-26 14:00:05
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sarah_belle91 :
mine did the same. i spent days thinking of a thoughtful birthday gift. came up with a custom star wars movie poster with him and his kids as he loves movies and star wars was his favorite film franchise. he teared up when he recieved it so i thought he loved it,but wouldnt hang that picture for over a year even when i asked him every few months this. Excuses were he didnt know where to buy a poster frame, then he didnt have the money, then it became it wasnt "his priority ". It didnt get hung up until I went and got a poster frame and framed it myself. It hurt me so badly but he couldn't understand why and when I explained it he said he shouldn't just drop everything to do something the moment I aske. the way my heart shattered. im sorry you had a memory like that at Christmas
2026-06-08 00:02:49
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lovis🪼 :
in my experience, small things matter way way more than the big things and it makes me so mad that he didnt get that or care abt loving you for you at all!!! girl you deserve so much better and although i am glad that he is your ex now, i am so sorry you had to go through that, theres quite ltrly few things worse than loving someone who doesnt have the capability to treating you right. sending love💕🧚♀️
2026-05-26 21:37:33
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Emily | Eating and Roaming :
I truly feel this. Over the years, I have had several partners who chose me because I was the *kind* of person they wanted, not because I was actually *the* person they wanted. It’s an awful feeling to realize, after investing in a relationship with my whole heart, that I was merely a convenient and available option to fill an open role instead of being loved or even appreciated for my own uniqueness.
2026-05-26 14:01:39
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Jasmine Angelic :
Ugh I had this with an ex as well. I told him even a handmade card would be better than nothing. Even a dollar store candy. It’s not about the money, it’s about the effort, the thought. In his eyes I wasn’t worth the time or effort to even do that. I’ll never understand it. Thankfully my now fiancé is so thoughtful and considers me.
2026-05-28 03:30:49
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Kate :
oh sweet girl 😣 a very similar thing happened with my recent relationship. he didn’t get me anything for christmas one year not even a card or an acknowledgement that he didn’t get me anything. just opened all of the thoughtful gifts i got him. days later when i asked him why, he blamed me and said i didnt tell him i was getting him anything. i had quite literally asked him a month ahead of time and several times the days leading up to christmas if he wanted to open gifts the day of or after.
2026-05-26 16:27:05
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WHAT THE HELLY :
Oh god this hit me so hard. I have just come out of a 4 year relationship where it had very similar feelings. I put so much thought into things he would like to do for birthdays, gifts or just in life in general. He didn’t even know the date of my birthday after 4 years together, knew I loved theatre but never attempted to organise anything I might enjoy or even just suggest a cinema trip. Feeling invisible in a relationship is truly horrible. And despite all this and knowing I deserve more, there’s part of me that still wants to go back to that old life.
2026-05-26 13:59:15
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ChrissyYellowrose :
Im in that same stage we were together 10 years married for 5 of those years. He became so avoidance and just gave up on me. We broke up at beginning of this year. We talk the other day he hadn't been okay with our relationship for over half the years we were together but never told me. He strung me along for years and stop loving me didnt tell me because he wanted to avoid conflict. But didnt tell me. I was the one that had to get a conversation out of him because he was distant but he couldn't tell me the truth over the years. Now I have no money no support from anyone because he said I could stay at home mom but now im left with nothing because he strung me along for years. Now I think of every little moment we had.
2026-06-02 03:15:28
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HumanTypewriter :
I am so sorry you went through this 💔 You absolutely deserve so much more than the steps of the relationship ladder being treated as your gift!
I hope that every special holiday tradition you hold glows a little brighter and with a whole lot more love now that you can pour it into yourself ✨️💛
2026-05-26 15:59:43
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raepora :
how long were you together before you got engaged?
2026-05-30 13:42:16
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Tom Foolery :
I like you so much and I can’t wait for the day when you no longer think about your ex or relationship breakup. You deserve to be free. Maybe this is the way for you.
2026-07-06 17:05:51
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SavvyBaby :
Thank you for articulating such a rough time in my life, it makes me feel so much less alone. She pulled this exact move for our 1 year anniversary and it broke me.
2026-05-27 17:47:12
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Nads :
Oh I know this pain all too well 🫂 but you’re free now, and all the love you poured into him, you can finally give back to yourself ❤️
2026-05-31 17:30:05
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Brooke Megan🏳️🌈💙🇵🇸📚🧶🎸 :
entitled? holy shit, the bar is in hell. we give them all those excuses and they haven't even considered us.
2026-05-26 18:28:54
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Gail :
This is me too. Was together for 9.5 years, i genuinely think he just hated me. No ring, kept toying with it saying “yeah im saving” doesn’t take you 9 years mate. He just wanted a kid out of me - THANK god my body said NO
2026-05-26 16:13:10
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The Glitter Fairy 🏳️🌈🍉🇺🇦 :
I am 5 months post break up after he cheated - and I truly believe it was the idea of me. I think he liked the image perceived by friends and family as I have a lot going for me and I’m attractive. As soon as he had me, the emotional capacity he needed to care for me was out of reach for him. He gave up on me - he only liked the idea of what I could provide to him, and what I continued to provide. Cooking, cleaning, intimacy. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Sending you love as I completely get what you’re going through 🖤 I hope you have a really good support system 🖤🖤
2026-05-26 17:10:34
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Meghan MacDuff :
my ex fiance proposed to me 3 weeks after my mom died. with an alligator pin he bought that day.
2026-05-26 19:08:39
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🍓♡。・Starr_Berry・。♡🍓 :
:/
2026-05-26 21:50:27
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oblivion root :
🫂
2026-06-21 17:48:19
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