Breakups are hard, but being completely alone is still better than being with a terrible partner. So it can, perhaps, be useful to hear other’s stories if you are on the fence about your relationship. Or perhaps you really like your partner and just want some more evidence that it can be a lot worse.
Somebody asked people online to share “Why did you break up with your previous partner?” and we’ve gathered the most interesting responses. From regrets to truly toxic situations, get comfortable as you read through, and be sure to upvote the most interesting examples.
#21

finally i get to talk about it LMAO: - way too h***y (so much so to where he would try to sext me every day) - unfortunately leading from that last point, took advantage of me because he was so h***y. - never tried or put any effort into the relationship, i always had to go and see him but never him come see me. - never gave me gifts. (and not in a materialistic way, i just mean when you see something at a store or think of your partner and you’re like “oh, i’ll get that for them.”) - always wanted me to do things and try things for him, but never the other way around. (example: always gave me a song to listen to or show to watch, but would never take any of my recommendations). - towards the end of the relationship, he purely based how much i “loved” him on how well i could pleasure him sexually. yeah, f**k you man.
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63points
#22

She wanted to downgrade from being girlfriend to being my exclusive bang buddy right before her bday, she got a lot of gifts from guys I never heard about including a trip to Bali from Texas, told her that wasn’t for me.
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61points
#23
A few reasons.
1) He had anger issues-which spread to a lot of other stuff
2) Inability to properly communicate (also linked to anger issues). I would do something (unknowingly) that annoyed him and instead of of telling me, he’d bottle it up and then use it as ammo in disagreements. Like…I can’t work on what I’m doing wrong if you don’t tell me what that is..
3) His parents are quite wealthy and they also come from quite a traditional background. His mom took care of everything. He didn’t know how to cook, clean, didn’t know simple things like debit cards having limits, etc. He was also ungrateful. He’d blow up at his parents a lot and then expect them to like buy s**t for him. He also said his dad should get him a job because “it’s the least he could do”. This was after he berated his dad for trying to help him find jobs cause he didnt like the ones his dad was selecting…
I could go on…
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61points
#25
He was an abusive alcoholic who’d p**s the bed every time he drank too much, which shocker, was every day
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60points
#26

He got a sex worker pregnant while he was stationed in Germany.
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59points
#27

So many people in here broke up due to a big mistake their partner made, mine was different.
I broke up with my partner because we couldn’t see eye to eye on many fundamental values that made us who we are, and the changes to fix we tried to implement were never lasting.
I also felt a sense of disrespect from her, that she didn’t prioritize me/us. I want to be treated with the same love and respect I showed, and she just wouldn’t do that for me. After four years, when I broke up with her she just accepted it, barely any fight for us, that’s how I know it was over. I wasn’t her priority, and that’s okay. Our relationship died to a thousand paper cuts.
I wish someday I can ask her why she didn’t prioritize me/us, but I may never know the answer.
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59points
#28

Cuz I'm a dumb**s and didn't want to marry her after two and a half years of perfect relationship I didn't want to have kids at that time and she got really depressed and we broke off.. I was 27 when we broke off and sometimes I feel regret everything was going super good we done lockdown 24/7 together never one dispute.
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58points
#29

She deiced we were in an open relationship behind my back.
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44points
#30
She felt she didn’t need to reciprocate as much. I planned the dates. I paid for the dates. Even planned hikes and picnics. She never offered once to pay except for my birthday. Never planned anything. We were on our way to my birthday present but traffic was bad and we ended up going to her favorite restaurant. Still haven’t had the cryo sesh. Told her that as a feminist she claims to be and the equality she desired it felt more like she wanted me to be a traditional man so she could excavate my resources like I wouldn’t notice after 1.5years. Thank god it was only that long.
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44points
#31
She cheated on me. The guy she cheated with wound up regularly beating the hell out of her, and when I gave her three number to an abused women's shelter instead of a key to my house to help her she tried to act like it was all my fault.
B***h,***you*** sucked his d**k. Not my fault.
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43points
#32
We were only together 7 ish months but we were like an old married couple. No sexual attraction anymore and zero banter. I feel bad cause he was happy. I just know he'd be happier with someone else
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42points
#33
He didnt love me anymore, and did not have the courage to break up himself. So I did.
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42points
#34

She asked to take a break and then when the break ended and we got back together I was just no longer interested.
40points
#35
I met someone else that showed me how bad my current situation was. Made me rethink my entire life. And a week later I broke it off after 15 years together.
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39points
#36

1. Codependency
2. Poor communication
3. Sexual incompatibility
4. A lack of willingness to seek care for mental health
2. Poor communication
3. Sexual incompatibility
4. A lack of willingness to seek care for mental health
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38points
#37

I always knew she wasn’t the person I wanted to marry, but we had a very comfortable, loving relationship.
Then she told me she was moving to the other side of the country, and that it was a “her” not an “us” move. Took a few months to knock that one around the old noggin and then realize it was better to be single and alone then be in a relationship and be alone.
She was somehow completely surprised and completely heartbroken when I said I didn’t want to keep dating lol.
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38points
#38
Because she cheated multiple times, and still (for some reason) decided she still had the moral high ground. An awful human, with such a high opinion of herself
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38points
#39
Because she was very possesive and controling, so much that she got to the point of being aggresive when she didn t get what she wanted
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37points
#40

I could tell how many other partners she had every week by the different smells.
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37points


