Student Ends Toxic Relationship with Bus Route
Juliet Romanoff, a sophomore applied mathematics major, recently broke off her two-semester-long toxic relationship with the Texas A&M University bus route Fish Camp. She shared her story with The Mugdown in the hope that students in a similar situation would be inspired to take action.
The relationship started at the beginning of last semester when Juliet first moved to an apartment off-campus. Without access to a car and 8:00 AMs nearly every day, Juliet was forced to seek an alternate mode of transportation. That’s when she first met Fish Camp, or as she affectionately called him during their time together, Fishy.
“It was really a relationship that grew out of necessity,” said Juliet when asked how the pairing came to be. “I had 8:00 AMs every day, and Fishy became such an integral part of my day-to-day routine. He was there in the morning and got me home safely at night.”
About a month into the semester, Juliet says that Fishy started to show his true colors and the relationship headed south.
Fishy was regularly late and often too full for Juliet to board. When she expressed her concerns, he brushed them off and told her she was just being dramatic. He added that she needed to stop being so needy and chill out.
“I can’t even tell you how many times I was late to class that semester, but even then, I really wanted it to work out. I decided to give him a break over the winter holidays and start fresh in the spring,” said Juliet.
Unfortunately, that time of reflection didn’t seem to do much for Fishy. Just a month into the spring semester, Juliet was running late all over again. Frustrated and hurt, Juliet turned to the r/Aggies subreddit for advice, only to find out that she wasn’t the first to experience this treatment from Fishy.
“You know, it really sucks. I thought Fishy was the one. Turns out I was just one of many,” said Juliet. “I really urge anyone in a similarly toxic position to know their self-worth and leave.”
The Mugdown was able to track down Fishy while he was dropping off at the Welsh Avenue bus stop. When asked how he felt about the end of their relationship, he said he couldn’t remember ever being involved with a Juliet, but that he could vaguely remember a Jeremy that he had been on and off with for a couple of months last year.
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