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MY EX TRIED TO GASLIGHT ME INTO PAYING FOR HIS RENT
@isobel_ck
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Why it worked
The video taps into a common and emotionally charged experience of relationship betrayal and financial manipulation. The creator's direct and personal storytelling, combined with the relatable theme of dealing with a difficult ex and their family, likely resonated with viewers, encouraging shares and engagement.
Summary
The creator recounts how her ex-fiancé and his family attempted to gaslight her into continuing to pay for his rent and support him, even after he cancelled their wedding. They used religious and familial pressure to try and guilt her into providing financial support, despite him having started working.
Structure
- 1Ex cancels wedding
- 2Ex and family try to gaslight creator into paying rent
- 3Family complains to others
- 4Ex's family claims it's unchristian to stop supporting him
- 5Mom initially supported ex, but stopped after breakup
- 6Ex starts working, but family still pressures creator
On-screen text
MY EX TRIED TO GASLIGHT ME
INTO PAYING FOR HIS RENT
JUST WEEKS AFTER
MY EX CANCELLED
OUR WEDDING,
HE AND HIS
FAMILY TRIED TO
GASLIGHT ME
INTO CONTINUING PAYING
FOR HIS RENT
AND LOOKING AFTER
HIM.
THEY COMPLAINED TO
EVERYBODY.
THEY EVEN CALLED
UP MY DAD
AND MY UNCLES,
THE ELDERS OF
THE FAMILY, TO
COMPLAIN THAT IT
WAS VERY UNCHRISTIAN
LIKE OF ME
TO STOP PAYING
FOR HIS RENT
AND LOOKING AFTER
HIM
JUST BECAUSE HE
HAD CANCELLED OUR
WEEKS TO WHEN
WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO WALK DOWN
THE AISLE.
THAT IT WAS
JUST ME BEING
VERY VENGEFUL.
THEY EVEN CAME
FROM MY MOM.
INITIALLY, WHEN MY
EX CAME TO
HE WASNT WORKING.
SO TO MAKE
SURE HE WASNT
SOLELY DEPENDENT ON
ME AND ASKING ME
FOR MONEY WHENEVER
HE WANTED TO BUY SOMETHING,
MY MUM TOOK
IT UPON HERSELF
TO PUT MONEY
IN HIS ACCOUNT.
AND SO WHEN
WE BROKE UP,
SHE STOPPED DOING
THAT. BUT NOT
ONLY BECAUSE WE
BROKE UP.
HE HAD ALSO
JUST STARTED WORKING.
BUT HE AND
HIS FAMILY SAID
THAT WAS VERY UNCHRISTIAN
LIKE
FOR HER TO
STOP DOING THAT.
THEY SAID IT
WAS VERY UNCHRISTIAN
LIKE OF ME
TO ABANDON HIM
IN A COUNTRY
WHERE HE DIDNT
KNOW ANYBODY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW THAT HE
ONLY MOVED HERE
TO MARRY ME,
TO BE WITH ME. BY THE
WAY, HE HAS
COUSINS OVER HERE.
Original caption
My ex tried to gaslight me into paying for his rent only weeks after calling off the wedding #weddings #relationships #breakup #ex #storytime
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