The Girl I Became

After almost five years of dating this great guy, we went on a weeklong dream vacation together. Everything was going great, and I was kind of waiting for him to pop the question. 

Then the last day came, and we had been drinking.

In his drunk state, he told me, "I was going to ask you to marry me, but then I changed my mind."

I was heartbroken. 

Eight months later, we broke up. He told me that I just wasn't the same after we came back from vacation, and that he didn't love the girl I became. 

I don't think he ever understood that his heartbreaking words were what made me the girl I became.