I Brought a Coworker as My Date to My Ex’s Wedding, and One Comment From Him Wiped the Smile Off My Ex’s Face
there were things he said to her about me. Things like, “She’s let herself go so bad.” Things like, “You’re everything she isn’t.”
When he came out of the shower, I was sitting on the bed holding his phone.
He saw my face. He saw the phone. He didn’t even look surprised.
He didn’t apologize.
He just shrugged.
“Well, what did you expect?” he said, toweling off his hair. “Men are visual. And Claire — she’s perfect. You just don’t look the way you used to anymore. You used to have a slim waist.”
He looked at me. Really looked. Up and down.
“When was the last time you even looked at yourself in the mirror?” he said.
He moved out that weekend.
While he was packing, he kept talking. Like he was explaining something to a child.
“You did this, Hannah. You know that, right? I loved you. I really
