Just had a break up with a person I really loved, and just like every other person I dated and really loved, the contract is now over and label is dissolved, so, overnight, I'm suddenly just another person to be apathetic to to them.

I don't understand how they can feel so little for me now just because they don't want to maintain an arbitrary label anymore. I'm fine if they want to date someone else, but why treat me like I'm just another scrub now, when we didn't even break up on bad terms. A week ago I would tell them I loved them, and I meant that I would afford at least as much concern over their wellbeing as I afford myself, and they would say they loved me too, and I would pretend it meant something similar to them. Just because we're over doesn't mean I suddenly don't care about if she's taking her meds on time, or eating well, or if she did okay on her driving tests, or she plans to get her sleep problems looked at. I cared about all that like it was my own body and my own life yesterday, and it doesn't suddenly not matter to me just because we're no longer a couple. Why is that always how it works for them, tho. They act just like me, but it all comes to a screeching halt the second they no longer see me as an asset. They only ever love me as their boyfriend, and not me as a person.