In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)

In informal, spoken AmE, the most common equivalent of “on the contrary” is the word, bullshit :

The salesman assured me that the suit was black; bullshit, it was navy blue.

That would be useful, in your construction: The casual

encounters didn’t work for me, though. It was bullshit – (Yes, the singular “IT”) each of them left me emptier than before, made me feel guiltier than before.

It’s crude but widely used and accepted. (US)

(People) (English) (Britain) (English) (US)