<human>: Here's the link to the original: 

No one read my first, but it doesn't really matter. Any advice would have been moot. 

She had finally contacted me. Just a simple "Hey." After a fair deal of small talk, the real business started to come out and my weak self broke down to her... 

I gave her my endgame, my final statement, and the only response I got was 

"Things didn't work out, but I still care about you" 

I left it at that. I didn't have a response for her. I haven't responded. I feel defeated and broken. It is a break-up after all, why wouldn't I?

I want to point out how much I hate that above statement. I've heard it numerous times before and each time it's been just as off-putting. Such a cold shoulder to it, and I know the "care about you" part is hollow. It's just a courtesy to make me feel better, when I would much rather just have the brutal truth of it. You're done with the relationship, there was no point other than the physical aspects before. Please, why must everything today be such a candy-coated shitshow. Give it to me straight or not at all.

I know this isn't the end of the world nor my life, but this just hurts. I've put a lot of myself into that relationship and it was hard. She was my first after a near decade relationship; the first person I felt I could actually trust. Then, because of this damned job, I can't be with her. I'm giving up. It's too hard putting yourself pout there, even to have everything go perfectly and still have it burn.

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<bot>: Had my relationship crash and burn due to distance, hoped to save it, no dice. Throwing the towel in. At least I like my job.