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Guy Kicks GF Out While Camping In The Middle Of Nowhere, Is Fully Convinced That She’s The Bad One
Remember that weird but still touching story about the father’s watch from the Pulp Fiction movie? Well, even if you don’t, the story we’re going to tell you today doesn’t have much in common with Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece. Maybe just an old family watch, a girlfriend, and an unbalanced weirdo she had to deal with…
Yes, the author of this story, the user u/Throwrabosshog, told it a long time ago, and we sincerely hope that she is doing well today. In any case, the story itself is really fascinating, so we highly recommend reading it.
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The author of the post once went van life-ing with her then-boyfriend, but everything went awry in about a month
Image credits: Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels (not the actual photo)
Being somewhere in the state park in New Mexico, the guy flipped out at the way the woman was sipping her coffee and kicked her out of the van with her belongings
Image credits: u/ThrowraBosshog
Image credits: Vlada Karpovich / Pexels (not the actual photo)
The woman got picked up by a nice elderly couple soon after and they gave her a ride to their home in Kansas
Image credits: u/ThrowraBosshog
Image credits: Pixabay / Pexels (not the actual photo)
Unpacking her things, the author suddenly found her ex’s family Rolex and messaged him in order to send him the watch
Image credits: u/ThrowraBosshog
Image credits: wayhomestudio / Freepik (not the actual photo)
The guy, however, demanded she drive it to him to Utah – and then revealed that he’d stashed the watch in her backpack deliberately, just to frame her
Image credits: u/ThrowraBosshog
Image credits: Racool_studio / Freepik (not the actual photo)
The woman then blocked him and sent the watch to his brother so that he could hand it to her ex personally
Image credits: u/ThrowraBosshog
This is how the story ends – and the author still thinks she might have dodged a bullet with her ex here
So, once upon a time, there lived a loving couple, the Original Poster (OP) and her boyfriend. And everything was fine with them, until one day they decided to go van life-ing across the country. After all, they were both remote workers, so why not look at the beauty around them while working? No sooner said than done, the couple went traveling.
Everything was going well for about a month or so, until suddenly, completely out of the blue, the guy flipped out at the girlfriend. The reason? In his opinion, there was probably a good reason – he didn’t like the way she sipped her coffee. The dude said that the author had to leave. Yes, you heard right – she had to pack her things and go out somewhere in the middle of nowhere (to be more precise, in the middle of a state park in New Mexico).
But something in the behavior of the boyfriend (now, probably, ex-boyfriend) made our heroine not be too loudly indignant, but rather calmly gather her belongings and leave. At least, she felt calmer this way. Especially when soon after she got picked up by a nice elderly couple who dropped her off at their house in Kansas.
If you thought that was the end of it, then you are definitely wrong. The strangest thing starts right here. While unpacking her backpack, the woman found an old Rolex that belonged to her ex. She knew that he valued this watch very much, so, being a decent person, she contacted him and asked where to send him the watch.
But the guy first said that he didn’t trust the mail and demanded that she bring the watch to Utah herself. When she reasonably objected that she did not even have a car, the guy doubted her moral values and said that she would find a way. Then, after a long break, he said that he had deliberately hidden the watch in her backpack – to once again make sure “how disgusting a person she was.”
Well, at this point our heroine stopped all communication with him. As for the watch, the woman contacted her ex’s brother, who turned out to be very polite and a nice person. She sent him the watch, and he in return sent her $1K as compensation for all the inconvenience caused by his bro. Then the only thing left for our heroine was to wonder what it was all about, and whether she avoided much bigger troubles in this situation…
Image credits: benzoix / Freepik (not the actual photo)
“To be honest, it seems to me that this woman really dodged a bullet in this case,” says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and certified NLP specialist, with whom Bored Panda got in touch for a comment here. “Yes, perhaps a long stay in a closed environment somehow affected her boyfriend’s psyche, but his accusations in subsequent messaging seem to show that he was jealous of her for some reason.”
“So she did the right thing by quickly packing her belongings and leaving him – even if she experienced problems with getting home. In any case, being in a remote place next to a weird person who has unclear thoughts in his head is far from the best situation.”
“As for the watch, this man was probably trying to create a reason to meet her again. And she did the right thing again when she refused to meet and sent the watch to his brother. The less contact with strange and possibly dangerous people, the better,” Irina sums up.
The vast majority of people in the comments are really glad for the author. Glad that, firstly, she broke up with this strange guy, and secondly, most likely, happily avoided big problems with him. “Can’t imagine what would have happened to her if that older couple hadn’t helped her out,” one of the commenters wrote 100% reasonably.
The responders also drew logical parallels between this story and the more famous – and much more tragic – story of Gabby Petito, and noted that our heroine was much luckier. “She is so lucky, her ex-BF is evil and I’m so glad she’s safe from him. Hope his standup brother teaches him a lesson,” another person added. And what do you, our dear readers, think about this tale too?
People in the comments also drew parallels with another tragic and similar story – and praised the author for going no contact with her creepy ex
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
Seems like she skipped a 5yr hell-marriage and got it all out in one through this van trip, guy dropped the mask and showed his true colors. Hope she told the brother about the guy abandoning her in the middle of a State park so he can warn the next girlfriend.
Ms.GB 1 year ago
He wanted to prove she's a horrible person and he thinks he did that...how? She told him she had the watch and has tried to give it back in every reasonable way possible! I'm so glad she's blocked him because that guy is super abusive.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
To his mind, she is horrible because she did not deliver the watch in person and blocked him.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 1 year ago
OP, if you ever want to try van life again, it should be just you and your pet retired K9 Rottweiler or German Shepherd, no boyfriend. Doing it for yourself like that will, I guarantee, be so much more enjoyable for you, because you and your K9 best buddy won’t have to deal with someone else’s b******t—-or if someone comes along and tries to pull some s**t, your four-legged buddy will take GOOD care of them, and you’ll never have to worry about seeing them again.
Vinnie 1 year ago (edited)
Another option is to do a short trial run with the intimate partner. Rent a van, have a plan B (such as going home early or staying in a motel). Don't rely on the person having been previously nice. Some are manipulators who drop the mask, others are genuinely decent but get cranky because they idealized the van life. The decent ones certainly don't abandon their partner!
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Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
I presume "hand relieved" is either an autocorrect or a Freudian slip for "hand delivered".
Tabitha 1 year ago
Most likely autocorrect. Only a man would make a Freudian slip like that.
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Sarah Matsoukis 1 year ago
I'd save the message where he admitted stashing it and then p**n it
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Forward a copy to his standup brother. Get the ex in deep s**t with his family. Though his brother, and the entire family, probably already knows how much of an a*****e he is (should’ve warned OP about him when they first met her, though).
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Robin Roper 1 year ago
I would go scorched earth, write down the full account of what happened including location and time of day. I'd include quotes of what he said. Then, I'd print it as well as all the texts of where she was trying to work out a way to get him the watch back and his unwillingness to be reasonable, as well as the text where he admitted hiding it in her things. I'd make multiple copies and sent one to each person in his family as well as all our mutual friends. Also post on every social media site his friends are on. It's not libel if it's true. Take him down!
Jean White 8 hours ago
Wow....what a gift you were handed!! The watch in a bag said it all. You are a freakin' heroine! He wanted to prove what kind of person you are? You did and you also proved what kind of person he is. You are a decent thoughtful, honourable and honest person (not wanting to destroy the watch or take revenge) you really are. Then you find out he's a nutter and manipulator. When you took the thousand dollars and donated it, just cemented it for me ....A gift of escape from a person who is not worthy to lick the dust from your hiking boots.
MojoIn Atlnta 1 year ago
Absolutely love this - she had every right to sell the watch to pay to get back home but didn’t. The brother will never let go of the watch so justice is served in the end.
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 1 year ago
Fair play to you. I'd have beat that watch to a pulp with a rock and sent him the video.
Surly Scot 1 year ago
Seems like she skipped a 5yr hell-marriage and got it all out in one through this van trip, guy dropped the mask and showed his true colors. Hope she told the brother about the guy abandoning her in the middle of a State park so he can warn the next girlfriend.
Ms.GB 1 year ago
He wanted to prove she's a horrible person and he thinks he did that...how? She told him she had the watch and has tried to give it back in every reasonable way possible! I'm so glad she's blocked him because that guy is super abusive.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
To his mind, she is horrible because she did not deliver the watch in person and blocked him.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 1 year ago
OP, if you ever want to try van life again, it should be just you and your pet retired K9 Rottweiler or German Shepherd, no boyfriend. Doing it for yourself like that will, I guarantee, be so much more enjoyable for you, because you and your K9 best buddy won’t have to deal with someone else’s b******t—-or if someone comes along and tries to pull some s**t, your four-legged buddy will take GOOD care of them, and you’ll never have to worry about seeing them again.
Vinnie 1 year ago (edited)
Another option is to do a short trial run with the intimate partner. Rent a van, have a plan B (such as going home early or staying in a motel). Don't rely on the person having been previously nice. Some are manipulators who drop the mask, others are genuinely decent but get cranky because they idealized the van life. The decent ones certainly don't abandon their partner!
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
I presume "hand relieved" is either an autocorrect or a Freudian slip for "hand delivered".
Tabitha 1 year ago
Most likely autocorrect. Only a man would make a Freudian slip like that.
Load More Replies... Sarah Matsoukis 1 year ago
I'd save the message where he admitted stashing it and then p**n it
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Forward a copy to his standup brother. Get the ex in deep s**t with his family. Though his brother, and the entire family, probably already knows how much of an a*****e he is (should’ve warned OP about him when they first met her, though).
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 1 year ago
I would go scorched earth, write down the full account of what happened including location and time of day. I'd include quotes of what he said. Then, I'd print it as well as all the texts of where she was trying to work out a way to get him the watch back and his unwillingness to be reasonable, as well as the text where he admitted hiding it in her things. I'd make multiple copies and sent one to each person in his family as well as all our mutual friends. Also post on every social media site his friends are on. It's not libel if it's true. Take him down!
Jean White 8 hours ago
Wow....what a gift you were handed!! The watch in a bag said it all. You are a freakin' heroine! He wanted to prove what kind of person you are? You did and you also proved what kind of person he is. You are a decent thoughtful, honourable and honest person (not wanting to destroy the watch or take revenge) you really are. Then you find out he's a nutter and manipulator. When you took the thousand dollars and donated it, just cemented it for me ....A gift of escape from a person who is not worthy to lick the dust from your hiking boots.
MojoIn Atlnta 1 year ago
Absolutely love this - she had every right to sell the watch to pay to get back home but didn’t. The brother will never let go of the watch so justice is served in the end.
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 1 year ago
Fair play to you. I'd have beat that watch to a pulp with a rock and sent him the video.
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