fooled Posted April 1, 2006 Posted April 1, 2006 So, I'm going through my receipts for last year. I keep every one because essentially my life is an expense. And there they are - every dinner out with her - every date - every gift I bought for her. I got to relive the entire relationship - every wonderful dinner after which (I now know) she went out and slept with someone else. I'm not complaining about the amount of money I spent on her - I enjoyed it. But man - I didn't want to go through all this again. It makes me want to contact her. At least I don't have to do it again next year.
jen_jen_heartbroken Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 Awww sweetie. Maybe this was the year to take the standard deduction. I just came across another card he gave me. I hate how that stuff causes such floods of memories. Where you two were, what was said...it's all so maddening.
Author fooled Posted April 2, 2006 Author Posted April 2, 2006 Hahahahaha! That's funny, Jencakes! Boy, am I going to have an update in the Coping section. Awww sweetie. Maybe this was the year to take the standard deduction.
Shattered Heart Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 fooled, I know exactly what you went through. About a month ago, I itemized all of my credit card charges from last year, and there were loads of dinners on each statement. There was even a charge for tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular which I took her to (after we were already broken up). Not only that, but the very next day after the show, I found out about the guy she left me for. I'm kicking myself because had I found out a day or two earlier, I wouldn't have taken the unappreciative b*tch. Anyway, to keep this on the subject of taxes, I had an experience this past weekend. I had dropped off a tax return to a client who lives five houses away from the apartment where my ex lived, which is also the same apartment where she and I spent the majority of our time together. Well, after the meeting with my client, I chose to take the longer way home, so as not to drive past her place. Granted, she doesn't live there anymore, but it's just that there are still too many memories at the forefront of my mind, and I didn't feel like being tempted to look up at her apartment as I drove by, as I would've then been traveling down memory lane. It's been five months since the breakup, and it still feels as fresh as ever. I can still feel my broken heart. I'm sorry you had to relive your relationship all over again. Just when you think you've eliminated every detail surrounding the memory of your ex, something manages to find its way back to bite you in the butt. I'm sure this past weekend wasn't the last reminder I'm going to have either.
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