8 Heartbreak Story Submissions

They have served these ones breakfast

Heartbreak is a universally relatable struggle. We asked Nigerians to send in a painfully memorable heartbreak story for this edition of #PeopleTalk. The people that are single to stupor have won this round.

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Omo! I fell in love with this guy when I was 17 and he was 29. He seemed so mature and courteous, and I worshipped him. After a while, I began to believe we would get married but two years in, bros called me to say that we have to break up. Because my parents are divorced, his family wouldn’t let him marry me. Someone from a broken home can only give birth to children that end up wayward. I wan die! — Jemimah*

Her name was Dami* and she fooled me well. She claimed to be a Christian, celibate and all that nonsense I believed in the beginning till I realised her life didn’t match her claims. She broke up with me because she felt I didn’t love God like she did. Thunder fire her. — Bolaji*

I moved to Dubai for work and within my first month I met a rich older Russian man in a supermarket. He followed me into the parking lot with flowers and chocolate then asked me on a date. We started a relationship a few days later and I should have seen the way he jumped in so fast as a red flag. It all went downhill after I found out he had an alcohol and cocaine addiction. After moving in with him, I found out he takes 3 lines of coke and 2 shots of vodka to start his day. The relationship had to end as he got increasingly possessive, jealous and verbally abusive. I snuck out in the middle of the night, leaving behind everything he bought for me and most of the personal belongings I moved in with. Did I mention he’s also in the mafia? — Stella*

Yahoo was still new back then and G boys were making money but I was still struggling to blow legally so these babes were not loyal. When I came home one day and found her with a known yahoo boy, I got so angry that I slapped her and broke her phone. I know I was wrong; I am genuinely sorry right now and I still owe her an apology. My heart was broken but I’m glad it ended there. — Daniel*

I was ghosted after a four-year relationship. It was really good while it lasted – he was my first and we loved each other so much… or so I thought. One day I just couldn’t reach him for days and that’s how the relationship ended. It’s been 7 years now and I still don’t know why because he never explained although we’re “friends” again. I’m married now (he’s not) but I still want answers. The thing dey vex me. I haven’t seen him since we were dating and I told him that whenever I see him, I will kill him. — Genevieve* 

I relocated then distance became an issue because we were used to always being together. One day as I was going through a rough patch, in school and in life, I said terrible things to her. It was all lies said to hurt her, I didn’t mean any of it. I remember when she asked me how many percent of love I had for her and I stupidly tried to form hard guy by saying it had dropped to 70%. After graduating from school, I went to pick her up one day and she told me outright that she couldn’t continue. I was devastated. I miss her, I still miss her. — Bayo* 

She told me she was going to her friend’s birthday party and I thought nothing of it. I logged in to Instagram the next morning to see her engagement pictures and videos. E choke!!! — Kingsley*

I was a 24-year-old virgin when I met this man. He loved me so much and the feeling was mutual so we started a serious relationship. 6 months after meeting, I found out he was cheating but I never brought it up because I wasn’t ready to end the relationship. Fast forward to another 3 months when we were to celebrate Valentine’s Day together, I used his phone to send a message to my cousin and I noticed he had sent Valentine’s Day messages to 3 other women. I broke up with him early the next morning after I did more digging and found out he was also cheating with his mother’s friend who’s his business partner. He was dating 5 women in total. I didn’t date another guy for 4 years and I still cannot fully trust men. — Nina*

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