A six-week relationship felt like it was heading somewhere for TikTok creator Genevieve Chenneour. She had met his friends and his mother, and by her account,“it was all going really well.”Then her phone buzzed with a text saying she was“amazing,”but he needed to end things. She cried, posted a video the next day while still crying, and summed it up in two words:“I give up.”
The video drew over 1,500 likes and hundreds of comments, many from people who had received their own version of the amazing-but text. Meeting someone’s family and then getting broken up with by text is a special kind of whiplash, and commenters had plenty of theories about avoidance and mixed signals. She declined his suggestion to stay friends.
After two months of processing, Genevieve said she’s taking a break from dating. She had been single for a year and a half and wanted her next relationship to be one that leads to marriage. Have you ever gotten the“you’re amazing, but”text? Tell us how you handled it in the comments.
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