Silence speaks louder than words. When I told my cheating boyfriend Bruce to never contact me again, I meant it. He’s tried getting in touch multiple times to apologize and to say he misses me. I give him nothing but silence. As far as I’m concerned there is nothing more to say. He cheated. Game over.
Every ounce of me wants to tell him what a piece of sick trash he is. How his life is something straight out of an episode of Jerry Springer. Remind him that one day karma will return the favor. Yet, I say nothing. Why? Whether it’s negative or positive, he just wants something. I refuse to give him anything. Issuing the most hateful response still presents him an opportunity to further communicate. He doesn’t deserve that. He deserves nothing. Cheaters deserve nothing.
Besides, silence totally drives people crazy.
You have no clue how much I needed this reinforced at this EXACT moment. Silence says more than we ever could with words.
It does. It allows us to move on, drives the recipient insane and leaves us with the upper-hand.
Bravo, sis! You are better than I was at this…or maybe not, because my cheating boyfriend didn’t want to talk to me anymore either, so I screamed at him until I was hoarse.
That was meant to be a compliment and I totally fudged it. Sorry. But bravo to you for real!
Haha! I gotcha. I’m a pro at the silent treatment, but I only do it to people who do something totally awful. The fact that your cheating boyfriend wouldn’t talk to you to at least apologize just proves he’s weak and cowardly. What a prick.