I've never broken up with anyone; they've all dumped me.
But the worst thing I ever did in return to one of them was in high school. Back in the days following integration in the South, people often lied about where they lived so they could continue going to a good school and not get shipped off to the bad rural schools.
I remained faithful to my high school girlfriend all the way through the long, lonely summer while she went to California. The first week back home, she dumped me in the school cafeteria in front of everyone. I promptly walked out of the cafeteria and across the street to the Board of Education office, where I turned her in for living outside the school district and lying about it. She was gone by the end of the day, and spent the remainder of her senior year (and graduated from) a horrible, run down rural school.
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Living is easy with eyes closed.
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