After sex, he proceeded to say “You’re the type of girl a guy marries,” plus additional pillow talk, and then showed me all of his best friends on Facebook. It was the second time we’d slept together and we were friends with benefits.
—CT
Aftermath: A week later, he called to say I was emotionally detached and not being in a relationship was corrupting his soul and that this wouldn’t work. I’m still wondering what “this” was exactly.
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We were each other’s first loves. Completely inseparable, we got together when I was 15, and stayed together for 3.3 years, even surviving several months of being in separate cities when I moved away for university. However, he stopped making effort, considered an hour to be “long distance” and he never listened anymore. So I ended it.
—Hannah
Aftermath: He is now with one of my best friends, and I don’t speak to either of them anymore. However, before they got together, I totally upgraded, and what I thought would be merely a fling has blossomed into an amazing relationship that is ironically what I would call real long distance—I am English and my boyfriend is Canadian. We met at university while he was here for the year and I couldn’t be happier with him. He is perfect for me and far exceeds my ex in EVERY way.
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She said she hated reggae. She hated it so much she wouldn’t talk to me if I listened to it near her. I love reggae…more than her.
—J
Aftermath: I broke it off blaring “One Love” by Bob Marley.
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We were driving and a Steely Dan song came on the radio. I was, like, “Yes! Steely Dan! Turn it UP!” and he was, like, “Ugh- Steely Dan, I can’t stand them!” The radio was silent the rest of the way.
—nikki
Aftermath: I think we dated for about 2.5 more years. I listened to Steely Dan on my own time. Douchebag.
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I scored better on the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) than he did. It drove him crazy that I was smarter than him.
—Ana
Aftermath: We “dated” on and off for nine months, then I got fed up and dumped him for good. So he retaliated and told me he’d been cheating on me for the umpteenth time. Guess I wasn’t so smart after all.
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