More Than a Voice Note

My boyfriend of two years broke up with me over a voice note. Not even a call.

A voice note. I was at work when I got it. He said he wasn't feeling the spark

anymore and needed to focus on himself. I listened to it three times in the bathroom stall trying

to process what just happened. The next day I saw on social media he was already out

with friends acting like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile I was sitting at home

replaying every conversation wondering what I did wrong. A week later his best friend told

me he'd been talking to someone else for a month. That's when it hit me.

It wasn't about the spark. It was about his cowardice. He couldn't even