Personal Narrative-Destructive Messages

Destructive messages are when “both [partners are] so irate that they [say] horrible and unforgivable things to each other… these [hurtful words] often leap out of our mouths, in the form of messages that permanently damage our relationships” (McCornack, p. 275). Last semester, I found out that my boyfriend, Brian Adams cheated on me with a girl named Jillien. I found out because Brian had personal messages calling her “babe” and saying “I love you”. I found this out while he was playing basketball and left me with his phone. I then called him out on the matter and called him a bastard. I remember saying that I knew something was off; I knew there was a reason not to trust him because the love wasn’t there anymore. We then went outside of the gym to “talk” about it. As soon we …show more content…
As those words came out of his mouth, A surge of energy raced through my left arm and I slapped the crap out of him. His whole face turned, and when he turned his face back to me, he attempted to say something else, but I then slapped him again. Even harder that time. I was crying so much, that my tears were blurring my vision. I knew that this relationship was over, but I refused to let him break up with me, so I quickly said “I break up with you! Do you hear me!? You don’t get to leave me ‘cause you’ve already done enough damage… I BREAK UP WITH YOU”! As much of an asshole he was, I could see the hurt in his eyes; he could tell how much he hurt me, but he had too much pride to admit it. So, he looked away. I could even see tears forming in his eyes, but I did not care. We broke up for the rest of the semester. However, after taking some time away from each other and then talking about what we want in a relationship, I decided to give him one more chance. As of right now, our relationship is good. It still needs a lot of work, however, but it’s getting