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It happened to them the way it happens to many: they got into a relationship without really knowing what they were looking for. They only knew what they wanted in that exact moment.

She fell for his “easygoing vibe.”
The playful guy, no real responsibilities, half man, half boy.

At first, it looked like freedom, spontaneity, charm.

But over time, the charm turned into a burden.

The same guy who once seemed “funny” started to feel immature, absent, unable to handle routine, partnership, or any real plan.

With no romance left, she slowly began to carry everything on her own:
the emotions, the house, the decisions, the responsibilities.

Exhaustion turned into resentment.
And after that came the collapse of the illusion.

It wasn’t cheating out of cruelty.
It was frustration, emotional loneliness, the search for someone who could actually show up as an adult.
The cheating was just proof of an emotional dynamic that had been unresolved for a long time.

He, instead of reflecting, did what so many do: played the victim, blamed the woman, moved back in with his mother saying “they’re all the same anyway.”

He became the resentful guy who says he hates relationships, repeating the same pattern that always saves him from having to grow up.

Not because he was cheated on,
but because he was never actually ready to hold a real relationship in the first place.

And the hard truth — the one almost nobody likes to admit — has always been this:

If you choose to stay childish, you can’t complain when people treat you like a child.
If you run from responsibility, you can’t be shocked when no one takes you seriously.

Relationships are unwritten emotional contracts.
Wanting affection without maturity is wanting love without having to grow.

When someone uses a relationship as a hiding place for their own immaturity, the emotional bill always comes due — and it’s usually paid by the partner who “grew up alone.”

And that always charges a price in the end.

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