People Are Sharing The Things Their Exes Did That Immediately Made Them An Ex, And These Stories Are Absolutely Horrid
So, when Reddit user r/kaissi1 asked the question, "What did your partner do that made you leave them instantly?" In r/AskReddit, I knew it would be full of some shocking stories and swift exits:
1."He screamed at the waitress because his steak was medium-well instead of medium. Walked straight out of that restaurant, blocked his number, and never looked back. Anyone who treats service workers like that isn't getting a second chance."
—u/plushyNprecious
2."I walked in on him performing fellatio on my male cousin! I'm a woman. I'm straight, and I thought he was too!"
—u/onebadassMoMo
3."I was already pretty done with the relationship due to sooo many other things, but when my grandma died, he told me I shouldn't be 'that sad' because she lived in another country and I didn't get to spend much time with her anyways."
—u/Previous-Egg8682
4."He got upset that he and his kids weren't in my will… I was a single mother, and we'd been dating for three months."
—u/ElectricalImplement1
5."We broke up immediately after he unilaterally cancelled the couples' therapy sessions I'd planned for us — for the second time — after I'd made clear this was the single most important thing for me and after he'd agreed to them."
—u/Exotic-Bathroom4875
6."He wished death upon the 'old hags who live next door, ruining his life' because someone had asked the building supervisor to go talk to him about the noise. He was having a house party with loud music blasting through open windows at 11:30 p.m. on a Tuesday."
—u/Nana-stole-my-banana
7."He had Grindr on his phone six days after our one-year anniversary and 13 months after we deleted our dating apps. It wasn't just on his phone; he sent me a screenshot, and it was his last used app, as if he was switching between using Grindr and texting me. I asked him why he had Grindr on his phone, and he said, 'I don't know why that's there, my bad haha.' He knew why, and I knew why. So I dumped him."
—u/call4swarlesbarkley
8."He told me he was only with me for my looks. He wanted me to chase him; I ghosted him instead. He harassed me for two years after that."
—u/Few-Web-1236
9."It was 7 a.m. on NYE. We were at the airport about to fly out and go party. He was still drunk from the night before, stomping behind me like a big baby, hollering at me, 'You know I hate morning flights! Why TF would you book such an early flight?!' And then the kiss of death was when he hissed, 'You're so stupid.' I stopped and turned to look at him. My inner voice asked, 'WTF are you doing with this mess of a dude?' I walked out of the airport and left him there."
—u/MossAvenger
10."We had been having problems in our marriage, but one day I had taken a nap and missed a phone call from him. He went to the bank and emptied our joint bank account because he was scared I was leaving him. Turns out messing with my money and giving me another reason not to trust him was the proverbial straw, and it was over."
—u/shanniballecter
11."I had class every single day at 11. He knew this. Both of these classes were mandatory, small classes for getting my degree. Neither of them allowed cell phones in class, and you would get kicked out if you were seen doing so. Every single day, I got at least 50-60 texts during those classes."
"When I talked to him about it, he said he'd do better. Then he told me he talked with his priest, who told him I should be more responsive, so he wasn't going to stop. So I broke up with him."
—u/andiloveshp
12."She stole drugs from someone she definitely shouldn't have, and I had to smooth things over, resulting in me almost getting shot. The second I got back to the house, I told her to get her shit and get out and never looked back."
—u/dman2316
13."I directly discovered she was cheating on me. So I took some pics, sent them to her, then threw out her stuff and blocked her number, and also didn't answer the door when she came to my place. I completely ghosted her after that despite the fact that we had dated for more than a year."
—u/Impossible_Donut2631
14."My grandfather offered to buy her lunch while we were out with my family at the local Scottish Games, and she flipped out on him. He was stunned, said never mind, and walked away. I was baffled that anyone would treat my grandfather in such a way. When we were in the car on the way home, she started calling him a pedophile and saying he was hitting on her. She was 21 at the time."
"My grandfather just wanted to get to know her. I broke up with her on the way home and told her that my family was more important to me than she was. The next day, I called my grandfather to apologize, and all he said was, 'You're grown up and can make your own decisions, but I don't think she's right for you.' I agree, Grandpa, I totally agree."
—u/acheron53
15."He was extremely attractive, charismatic, and charming, and an extremely narcissistic, manipulative sex addict. If I didn't give it up at least twice a day, I was told how bad of a girlfriend I was and there was no point in even being with me since I clearly didn't care about him and his needs."
"Every time I tried to leave him, he would guilt me back in. On our six-month anniversary, he told me I wasn't putting enough effort into my blowjob. I got up, said, 'I'm done,' and left. Fuck you, Tony."
—u/itsyobbiwonuseek
And finally, here's one that's so out-of-pocket it will definitely make your jaw drop:
16."I wanted to send myself a copy of a pic he had taken, so he gave me his phone to find it. Prior to this moment, I knew he had a foot fetish, and I found a few covert pics of my own feet. I didn't actually care that much until I found sneaky pics of MY MOTHER'S FEET. Relationship over."
—u/GreenEyedHawk
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