“I don’t want to have a baby and that’s that. If you can’t respect it, maybe it’s time for you to leave”. I had told my girlfriend plenty of times. No babies. No babies. No babies. In every possible way. And yet she kept going. She thought that if she just asked me enough many times, I’d give her a baby. And I was done. She had asked one too many times. And I was done. I was breaking up with her.
“So, you mean it? Like for real?” she asked, tears in her eyes
“Yes I do” I said, as firm as I could. “I don’t want to talk about having a baby ever again. You can respect this, or you can leave my house” I said once more
She sat there, crying, sobbing. It took all my strength but I didn’t go to console her, I didn’t hug her. I just let her process her emotions. I had said my piece. It was her time to finally let it sink it, one way or the other. It felt like forever. I walked away, went to the couch. I thought it would be easier if she had some alone time. I don’t know how much time passed. I fell asleep. Not a deep sleep. But enough that when she came back I was startled awake.