Dear Friend,
It was around this time five years ago my life changed not only for the better but also the worse. It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I was not work. I was under the delusion that I was happy with my then girlfriend. What I did not know was she and her father plus the police were coming to not only ruin the day but a holiday as well. The week before this occured, we were having some issues but I assumed that we worked it out. (You know what happens when you assume?) So as I was about to watch the evening news, I hear sirens and cop cars coming around the corner. I though it was to arrest someone on the block but I later figured out they were coming for me. So three cops got out of one car and proceeded to come to the door. I was coming to answer it but they were already inside and up into the kitchen. I was shocked to see a cop tell me to freeze. I had my hands up and looking scared until I saw my ex and her father come up and she's telling them I was beating her. I was shocked to hear her say that but not shocked because she would do something like this. One cop pulls me off to the side and calmly say to me: "I will advise you to get your stuff packed ASAP." So I quickly pack my shit up and got it outside. (This is why I don't have alot of possesions. If you cannot carry it out in one trip, you will not be able to get out in time.) So while I was doing this, she was telling the cops that I was beating her and her dad grabs my keys telling me: "This is my daughter's place, so get the fuck out!" So by 6pm on a cold November night five years ago, my life changed.
After I went through that, I stayed with family. Those two days from Tuesday to Thanksgiving were hard. I could not believe this girl would do this to me but I'm glad she did because it made the next few months a transition to better things. I later got myself together and ended up living in Flint for a couple of years. Someone asked me about why I hate Thanksgiving. This was a big reason for that. I was kicked out of a warm place because this girl could not just break up with me, she had to get the cops involved. I wanted to sahre this story for one simple reason:
If you are in love, hope that what you are doing for that person makes them happy. If you are not happy with this person, then tell them and let your soon to be ex know rather than have the police do your dirty work.
I was reminded of this when my current ex told me she was not happy. I just decided to leave rather than to make a bad situation worse. I hated that time in my life but if things did not change then my life might have been a bad kind of different.
Eugene Chandler III
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