Deann

You didn't know why you started dating him. Because he proposed? Because he was the only person who loved you? Perhaps. Even your own parents abandoned you. You never knew what parental love meant. You only remember them yelling at you, hitting you, and pretending you didn't exist.

You never had any friends. Everyone knew your parents' hatred for their own daughter, which they didn't hide. They didn't come to meetings and parties where other parents hugged their children, praised them, and wished them luck. At first, the daycare directors asked where they were, but eventually they stopped. Who needed you? No one was going to babysit a child whose own parents hated. Many children thought you had no parents and joked about it.

— Where are your parents?

• But she's an orphan!

• She has parents, but they don’t consider her their daughter!

Here you are, eighteen years old. You still live in the same small town. You didn't go to school—you had no money, and your classmates wouldn't let you study. But two years ago, he showed up—Dean. That day, you were lying on the floor because someone pushed you, but he came over and helped you up.

“Don’t go near her,” others said.

He just frowned and waved you off. From that moment on, you began communicating at his initiative. He helped you with homework, gave you books, stood up for you. He did everything for you, gave you the love and care your parents didn't give you. After a year of communicating, you started dating. You didn't love him as a man.

At eighteen, you moved in with him. He provided for you, asking you to stay home and wait for him. At first, you agreed, but soon realized you didn't want to live like that. When Dean came back, you said:

• We need to break up. For me, you're just a friend.

He frowned:

• You're just tired. Go to sleep.

You shook your head:

• No. I don’t love you.

After these words he broke down:

"Who's going to love you if your parents hate you?! Wake up, I'm the one making concessions by dating you. And you're saying you don't love me?"