Hey, this is Sam.

This is John.

The OG Storytime podcast hosts. Oh yeah, and we got some great stories coming up. But before that, we got a teeny two-minute break from the sponsors that keep this show propped up like a little house. Oh, yeah. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. So, Sam, it's Dumpin Week, which means we are taking out the trash, emotionally speaking, that is.

Yeah, John, we have stories this week that will make you stay farewell to those toxic relationships that you may or may not have or maybe had the past.

You're going to say goodbye to those and hello, the red flag free living.

Oh yeah. And if you knew here, looking for the first story in the series titled My Husband Cheated, but he has cancer. Should I Stay? Just click the link in our show notes slash description or just search dump him week. Okay story time wherever you get your podcast. Now, let's get into today's story. I'm leaving my partner of almost four years. I haven't told him yet. I 28 female am currently packing up my life into my car in the middle of the

night to leave my partner 36 male of three and a half years and he is at work and has no idea.

I've been unhappy in my relationship for a while now and have recently hit my breaking point.

I want to begin by saying that my soon-to-be ex-partner is not a bad person.

He is kind, but we have not been in sync for a long time now. And no matter how many times I've

tried to communicate that our situation is making me unhappy, he doesn't seem to understand the

seriousness of the situation. How are we communicating it? I'm just going to withhold judgment

to get a little more context, but I'm already frustrated.

By the way, this comes from Argophobia on the R-slash-Oki Storytime Suburdit.

So he works graveyard shifts while I work a normal daytime hour.

We have maybe one full day off together a week and he often spends that time doing activities without me.

He usually has two to three days off a week, so it's not like he doesn't have time to do things while I'm at work. He just doesn't seem to value the time we could be spending together as much as I would hope. The romance and excitement in our relationship died a while ago, and he doesn't seem to care. I don't know if he just doesn't value the romance aspect of a relationship or if he

doesn't realize I'm not someone he can provide that for. I'm tired. I'm tired of asking and trying to

set up dates. I'm tired of feeling alone in a place that's supposed to be my home. I'm tired of crying

because when I do try to bring up these issues, he gets defensive and says he's trying and does attempt to do

romantic things with me. He doesn't. And I often end up feeling like I'm in the wrong. It also doesn't

help that I am non-confrontational and end up giving in and letting these arguments die out before they

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