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Now today's first story comes from Immediate Way 2944 and says, am I the asshole for going

fishing the day my ex was giving birth?

I, male 29, ended a relationship with this woman, Maria female 27, about one and a half years ago.

Our relationship was largely casual and I made it abundantly clear to Maria that I didn't want

a serious long-term relationship. Maria agreed since we had such wildly different values and beliefs.

But after being together for about 11 months,

she confessed that she wanted a serious relationship with the prospect of getting married.

I declined, as I thought and still think, we are way too different to start something like that.

We continued our relationship for a few more months when Maria brought up marriage and starting a family again.

She started saying things like how her family and friends liked me, as well as how would be a great

fit. At this stage, I decided to break things off with Maria. I felt like we both wanted different

things and it was better if we went our separate ways. Maria was devastated by our

breakup and begged me to remain in contact. So I did. And we kept a decently close friendship

for the past one and a half years. Since then, Maria's life has been through a downward spiral.

She hasn't gotten in any serious relationships. She's been in many, but

they've only lasted two months at most, and most of the guys were not very good. This lifestyle

has caused a lot of friction with her parents, and she tells me she no longer speaks with them

because of it. Maria has also failed out of graduate school, and has struggled to find work before finally

landing a job she hates a few months ago.

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