So my ex and I had a "mutual" break up. Anyways to get over her I started writing a comic book about breaking up to help me get over her. anyways it became about 80 pages long and I think it is pretty good (everybody that read it likes it). So I decided this is what I want to do with my life so I quit my job and decided to focus on making this comic because it is what I enjoy (I'm not worried about finances since I am still a full time art student graduating in 2 semesters, living with my parents and going to be able to work part time as a subsitute teacher). So last thursday I show her the finished rough draft just to make sure she is cool with her portrayal. She only saw it one time a couple months ago before it was done and really liked it. This girl has a contract she wants me to sign, saying she wants 25% of any profits this comic with her likeness makes. I tell her if she wants anything like that she needs to be my business manager, editor and do other jobs, which she agrees to and we signed the new contract.
Anyways even after a couple days of exchanging emails before starting to work on this project we had a big falling out. She called me a piece of crap moocher, manchild. I said all she cares about is money, She says she has never been more happy without me. blah blah blah. now it looks like we are never going to talk to each other again.
I'm thinking of posting the email conversations so everybody can get an idea of who she is now. I just don't understand how she became how she is. She used to be my best friend and care about me. I mean her reasoning behind getting 25% of the profits was because she was the inspiration for the story and that I am not emotionally creative enough to come up with a good story. I remember it was only a couple months ago, I gave her paintings and wrote her short comics that she loved and cherished. This was a person I lived with for a year and things were great. once we decided to move back from school, we both moved home with our respective parents because her parents would not approve of us moving in together (we kept us living together a secret from them). I think when she moved back home that's where things between us changed. She stopped going to school and started working for her emotionally abusive dad who constantly berates her and her family at and away from work. A normal dinner at her house (I used to eat with them twice a week) he would watch TV or be playing golf all day while my ex and her mom would either cook or clean and then when dinner comes around he would say the food is crap and usually would not eat it.
I'll post the emails in my next post and you will get the idea. My question is how can she change into such an unhappy person so fast? last time I saw her she had bags under her eyes and did not look that great. It feels like no matter what, there is noting I can do to help her. is it all my fault or is she just going through a lot? Is it time to just give up on her? Is the girl I knew gone?