When I was 18 I worked for a event company. I worked on tours as basically abit of rowdy but I was literally the bottom of hierarchy because I was only a baby back then really. I always got the horrible jobs but that meant I got to meet the stars of the show more because I was cleaning up there sick and taking abuse off there mangers and such.
Around this time I was working on tour with a indie band that were pretty big in the UK but even bigger now. The lead singer had a massive addiction problem to alcohol and drugs but I didn't see that at the time I just he was having a good time and was getting abit carried away. It was always my job to clean his mess up. I found him to be really annoying and ungrateful the entire tour.
At the end of the tour the team had a little outing to say goodbye. Later in the evening the band came out with us and that's were I actually came face to face with the lead singer I'd been cleaning up after.
He bought me a drink and made a joke about how he'll clean up my vomit tonight if I have a drink with him. He ended up charming himself into a relationship with me. I was 18 and the idea of dating a indie singer was so exciting to me.
He was my first in everything and I really loved him and thought I could fix him.
We were together for 6 months until I walked in on him cheating. He'd stopped texting me as much so I knew something was wrong. He tried apologising and making excuses but we weren't exclusive and I should know what it's like in the music industry... I was 18 and he was 24.
I think he took advantage of the fact I was so young and naive and hoped I'd turn a blind eye because of all the excitement of dating a star.
He broke my heart massively and I was in such a mess for a very long time. I've moved on but I still feel used.
He has gotten help for his addition now and did end up calling me to say sorry afterwards but it still hurts at times.
