Dating means putting yourself out there and meeting people you don’t see eye to eye with. Sometimes, the two of you find a reasonable and civil way to end things, but other times...? Not so much. Jessica Marie asked the internet on Threads, “What’s the pettiest reason you dumped someone? No ‘we were incompatible’ excuses here—just top-tier pettiness in all its glory.” Everyone immediately started sharing their most memorable break-up stories, and I guess it says a lot about what it’s like to be single these days.
#1
We arranged an ice cream date for our first meeting. I used the word "serendipitous" and he said "How cute, a waitress with a vocabulary" and patted me on the head. I replied "How cute, a man eating ice cream by himself", stood up and left.
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126points
#2
He pushed my cat off the bed after she jumped up to cuddle. No hesitation kicked him out of my house and made his friend come pick his a** up.
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99points
#3
He pouted at me for wearing my doc martens to a bonfire date. We were the same height and he was upset that my docs made me FRACTIONALLY taller than him. I wore 4 inch heels to meet him at the coffee shop to dump him the next day.
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89points
#4
Oh yeah, this guy who would’ve been a really good match came over to my house to pick me up to go on a date and my dog, a very sweet pointer, came over and sat really close to his leg and kind of pushed her nose onto his knee for a pet and he took his foot and shoved her away. I was like nope you can leave. We don’t get to go on a date with me if you treat my dog bad.
89points
#5
Had been on maybe 5 dates with this guy.
Back then, I was working with horses, and he picked me up from work.
Was just finishing up with this horse, and it put it's head on my shoulder and rubbed it against my face. I laughed, reached around it's head for a pet and said "yeah, love you, too".
Cue the guy throwing a fit that I never told him that I loved him.
Jealous of a freaking horse.
Instantly lost all respect for him and called it a day.
Back then, I was working with horses, and he picked me up from work.
Was just finishing up with this horse, and it put it's head on my shoulder and rubbed it against my face. I laughed, reached around it's head for a pet and said "yeah, love you, too".
Cue the guy throwing a fit that I never told him that I loved him.
Jealous of a freaking horse.
Instantly lost all respect for him and called it a day.
85points
#6
SHE told me my cat was ugly.
Yeah, maybe my cat was ugly at the time, but it wasn’t his fault he got mange. It was a rescue, and a precious little baby.
Yeah, maybe my cat was ugly at the time, but it wasn’t his fault he got mange. It was a rescue, and a precious little baby.
82points
#7
He told me a girl has never ghosted him before and he always was the one who did the ghosting… next day I blocked him and never spoke to him again bc why not.
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81points
#8
High school, very short lived boyfriend. He's walking me to my bus. I saw a mantis just chilling on this brick wall. I was super excited about it, as it's my favorite creature. I was trying to gently get it. This guy takes the side of his fist and squished it, right in front of me.
I was so pissed off, I could have squished him just like that mantis, if I were big enough. Dumped him on the spot.
I was so pissed off, I could have squished him just like that mantis, if I were big enough. Dumped him on the spot.
78points
#9
Bad grammar also gets me, if English is your first language and you don’t know the difference between there, their and they’re or your and you’re, instant ICK.
76points
#10
First date with a guy. He was staying with his mate & his wife, who I knew well, so when we went back to his for coffee I didn’t think twice. Shortly after we got there I went to the bathroom. 3 minutes later I came back, friends had vanished and he was naked on the sofa. He poured grenadine all over his body and said ‘come and get it baby’. I laughed so hard I think I peed a little. I left without actually speaking
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74points
#11
We were on our second date and he started acting really weird. I asked him if he was OK and he started rubbing his stomach and then completely changed tone into a baby voice and was moaning at me that his “tummy hurt” - I pointed towards the bathroom and I said maybe you just need to use the restroom? He proceeded to writhe in pain and decline saying “issokay it’s just a widdo tummy ache” I was so horrified I closed out our tab and walked home lol bye baby bop 🤙🏻
62points
#12
He asked me to cook dinner on our second date, then swapped out all of the ingredients I picked for “healthier options”… and then he said the food was bland… like BROTHER THAT'S YOUR FAULT! Never spoke to him again.
59points
#13
This is more than 20yrs ago… We were out for dinner with a group of friends…He peeled my prawns for me…. And then asked me to lick his fingers (with the prawn juice) in front of the whole table…. Friends still talk about it till this day! 🤢
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58points
#14
Couple dates in with a guy and we decided to split a small pizza. He ordered whatever he wanted on his half (some crazy extra hot peppers and pepperoni concoction that I had no interest in) and I ordered what I wanted on my half. I’m one slice in and hungryyy and this guy reached over and grabbed a slice off my half and immediately chowed down. I said what are you doing? He said he wanted to try it and didn’t think I’d eat all my slices. Boy, bye.
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58points
#15
He got mad at me because he brought me around his friends and I was friendly and talked with them after in the car ride home he said “idk why you even talked to them your a woman no one cares about your opinion” I told him to pull over and I walked home, and never saw him again also he was 🤥 so that was another reason.
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55points
#16
35 years ago, Went on a date with a model who wore open toes high heels so she could be a little taller. Np, I’m 6’3.. BUT she had knarly, ugly feet with bent toes and long nails and painted them bright yellow. I’m not a feet guy, but I couldn’t date someone that looked like she could grab salmon out of the river if she hung her feet off the doc.
53points
#17
He thought raccoons laid eggs. Nope. Too stupid.
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52points
#18
In middle school he broke up with me because his friends told him to. he asked me out again a week later and i said yes so i could dump him by the end of the day 💃🏻
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47points
#19
I woke up to text with a video of him, drawing on a whiteboard, telling me how I should prioritize him versus the other obligations in my life, including work, school, and family.  when I preface the week saying that it was finals week and I had to focus on studying so we had to cancel our date night and couldn’t go to the gym w him every night. We had been together four months…
45points
#20
I was starting to date a very talented architect. We were out for a walk on a partly cloudy but hot summer day. As a cloud moved in front of the sun, I mentioned something about how much more pleasant it was walking in the shadow of the cloud. She insisted that cloud’s could not have shadows because they aren’t solid objects.
Later, I heard from one of colleagues that she was a flat earther.
Later, I heard from one of colleagues that she was a flat earther.
43points