Help me get through tonight so I can get rid of him tomorrow

[MessedOfTimes]

This is pretty much the most intense week of my life, and I’ve been through a whole lot in my 33 years...”D”P and I were just having smoko. I put a lighter in my lap and it fell to the ground. I made a joke about “thigh gaps”. “It’s actually called a box gap”, says he. Gross. I am currently doing an “end of lease” clean on what was until last week my first real home. I am in a flood effected area, so am having to tackle it all myself. I know tomorrow is goodbye for him (feel free to suggest choice “final farewells”)...til then, I’ll be scrubbing walls, missing my kids, seething at this moron and hoping to laugh at something you bloody brilliant lot say. Cheers to hopefully-blessed final straws. Thank you in advance, Vipers ♥️

I'm a little bit confused but I hope moving and LTB goes smoothly.

I don’t really understand

Does he know tomorrow is goodbye? Just keep the peace until then. Be careful and keep yourself safe.

Are you drunk?

Say what now?

What?

Just say no

I'm guessing OP is Australian, and is in one of the areas on the east coast that has been hit by bad flooding...probably Brisbane (my home city).

'Smoko' is Aussie slang for having a cigarette. The rest of it is pretty self explanatory, she's getting where she lives ready to leave, and is planning of breaking up with her partner at the same time.

Is peoples comprehension really that bad? Op is looking for some upbeat chat while she tries to get through the evening and until she can dump her no so “d” p
Are you in Australia op?

Ah got it @noirchatsdeux! Head high, chin up @MessedOfTimes and the best of luck to you

Presumably people are confused because it seems like op is leaving him purely because of a comment about thigh gaps and naturally this would seem a bit over the top?

So he doesn’t know you’re dumping him?

Are the D.C. going with you? Where are you going?

I’m assuming you’re on Australia and it’s evening there now? Apart from that it’s a bit confusing.

Good luck, anyhow.

@Amandasummers

Presumably people are confused because it seems like op is leaving him purely because of a comment about thigh gaps and naturally this would seem a bit over the top?

Quite.

Leaving your dp cause he called it a box gap is a bit extreme, op...

@noirchatsdeux

I'm guessing OP is Australian, and is in one of the areas on the east coast that has been hit by bad flooding...probably Brisbane (my home city).

'Smoko' is Aussie slang for having a cigarette. The rest of it is pretty self explanatory, she's getting where she lives ready to leave, and is planning of breaking up with her partner at the same time.

Yeah, but is the partner her children's father? Does he know it is over? Is there going to be drama after this with the break up and contact with kids etc? What does the comment about thigh gaps have to do with anything? Where are her kids, how long until she sees them?

It's a load of nonsense.

The OP does mention 'final straw' so I guess the 'box gap' comment is just one of many final straws for her...

Your dumping him because he made a joke about thigh gap and he doesn't know?

Baffled.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say the 'box gap' comment is just the tip of a very large iceberg and not the reason OP is leaving him. Does he know it's over?

It’s not self-explanatory in the slightest, it’s gibberish.

Are they his children too? Is he taking them with him?

@Amandasummers

Presumably people are confused because it seems like op is leaving him purely because of a comment about thigh gaps and naturally this would seem a bit over the top?

I would hope that most reading the OP would know full weell that there worte a woman at the far end of her tether, trying to remain lighthearted for fear of dissolving into an emotional heap.

@MessedOfTimes Fuck him - or rather don't. And ignore the wilfully obtuse here. Get your life clenaed outi n all ways. I hope you manage to get him out quickly and easily.

Box gap?

Best of luck OP. Are you looking forward to your future without him? You must be a bit apprehensive as well if he doesn't know you've made your decision.

FFS. I've lived in the UK for 40 years now, and there's still plenty of British (particularly Scottish) slang that I still have look up because I can't for the life of me make out what it means.

This is the second time in just over a decade that thousands of people have lost their homes, businesses etc because of flooding. Lives have also been lost. Give the OP a break for being just a tad stressed out with having to deal with that, as well as a breakup.