He Dumped Me Live On Air

Summary

My fiancé, Simon, was an emergency room physician. Every week, he co-hosted a popular late-night medical podcast called "The Graveyard Shift", where he offered measured, compassionate counsel to anxious callers and loved ones.

His favorite refrain was practically a mantra: "When someone tells you they are hurting, don’t wait. Don’t weigh your convenience against their pain."

Yet six months ago, when sudden, blinding abdominal cramps struck me in the dead of night and my neighbor had to rush me to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy, I called Simon sixteen times.