"just to disappear in the end" I'm sorry anon, but were you present during those weeks/days and can say objectively what happened and led to the breakup? The songs do paint a specific picture, I'm not denying that, but we have no idea if that picture is accurate or not. We have no idea if he actually disappeared or if he just was dealing with too much and couldn't be present in the relationship or communicate his need for space properly or what, we have no idea if Hayley potentially was also dealing with stuff that made it so she had to prioritise her own mental health and not helping him or keeping the relationship afloat. Some people have a very black and white opinion of what happened, but the truth is, it's likely way more grey than we think. Hayley has talked about struggling in the beginning of last year too, and while that could be because of the breakup, it also could have been something that contributed, if both were struggling at the same time and both needed to get their mental health back in check. We truly don't know anything. The songs aren't objective, and some of them could be in part about the first breakup as well. What we do know is that she doesn't hold a grudge against him, she's understanding. And her family doesn't seem to hold a grudge either, if he truly hurt her intentionally i doubt the album would be as full of love as it is, and her pretty much vowing she'll love him forever and will be waiting for him forever, or that her own grandfather would be saying he loves Taylor at his birthday, which would be (if we have the timeline right) a couple of weeks after the breakup or would be still liking tayley and Taylor pictures a year and a half after. It may not be something to base our theory about their current status on, but i don't think he would be liking those pictures if T had (intentionally) hurt his granddaughter. These people actually know and care and love Hayley, and unlike us know what happened, and yet hold no ill will against him, and seemingly have no problem with them reconciliating, so i don't see why some of you act that way. Nobody that actually has any idea about what happened, and was potentially affected by it as well, hates Taylor, so why are some of you when his hypothetical (since once again we don't know shit) actions had no effect on you?