“I immediately excused myself to the restroom and then pretended like I had an urgent call.

I told him I had to go home, and then the next day, I dumped him.”

Sometimes (hopefullyallthe time), it’s pretty clear why a relationship ended.

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Here are some of the most shocking, heartbreaking, and flat-out WTF stories.

“She told me that she could never see herself marrying a teacher because of money and prestige issues.

I’m a teacher.

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She’s also a teacher.”

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3.

“I told her I didn’t want to have kids.

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That was a lie.

I didn’t want to haveherkids.”

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5.

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“Lack of personal hygiene and alcoholism.

When your toothbrush goes untouched for a month, I ain’t kissing you.

“I met my significant other’s family.

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Suddenly, her otherwise easy-to-ignore weird personality traits got huge once I saw them writ large on similar-looking people.

Her brother AND dad were just so obnoxious, attacking minor things I said.

But after that dinner, it was not ignorable.”

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u/rareas

7.

“I made up this personality for him because he was mostly quiet.

So I just pretended he was this creative, funny, intelligent guy.

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I was with him for almost a year before I realized that silence doesn’t equal intelligence.”

“His mom told me I could do better than her son.

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9.

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“I could deal with, ‘You should dress up/wear high heels more often.’

I could even deal with, ‘You should wear more makeup.’

What I could not deal with was, ‘You should think less.’

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That was a direct quote.

And that wasn’t a one-off.”

In general, I felt used.”

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11.

She was doing worse in school because she felt like she only needed me.

She kind of hates me now, but I’m fine with that.”

“My niece died.

The day before her funeral, I called him crying.

He told me to ‘just get over it.'”

u/srh6

13.

“I wasn’t physically attracted to him.

It may sound shallow, but relationships need a physical aspect.

I would never tell him this, though, because it would crush him.”

“His mother had depression and would go missing for a couple of days at a time.

He really is a wonderful person, and I still care for him.

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15.

“I broke up with my last ex because I found myself completely repulsed by him.

His car was disgusting it stunk, and the interior was covered in ashes and cigarette butts.

His house was absolutely filthy, too.

“He said he couldn’t love someone who didn’t love Jesus.

He tried to convert me to being straight with religion (I’m bi).

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17.

“I broke up with my ex because of a Hot Pocket.

And I quote, yelled, “WHAT THE FUCK IS A CRISPING SLEEVE?”

I told him I wasn’t ready for him to live with me and that I needed my space.

That goddamn Hot Pocket was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

“He had come home from work and spent quite a while in the bathroom.

I just couldn’t deal with that.

I immediately excused myself to the restroom and then pretended like I had an urgent call.

I told him I had to go home, and then the next day, I dumped him.

He thinks I dumped him because I wasn’t that into him.”