I knew it was over when (the morning after) he told me that in my Ambien stupor I said I could only be with someone who was English. He was Welsh.

—Shannon

Aftermath: We email from time to time, but I don’t think he will ever date anyone who takes Ambien.

My boyfriend (Russian) and I (American Chinese) were talking on Skype, and being the internationally inclined nerds we are, we started looking up how to say different things in each other’s languages. He tried saying “I like you” in Chinese, and so I decided to surprise him by saying “I like you” in Russian. Unfortunately I said “I love you.”

—Amanda

Aftermath: He nervously laughed and said “I don’t think I’m ready for that.” Don’t trust online translators. Ever.

She told me she ran 10 miles a day and she still wasn’t that thin. I knew it was all downhill when she really “let herself go.”

—Andre

Aftermath: About two more weeks.

College days: It was a daffy, sexy, pretty blonde’s scary fiance vs. my whining, complaining, demanding fiance.
The other fiance and I hit it off. Two engagements broken, and a short but TORRID fling I will never forget.

—Iggy

Aftermath: Have been happily married for over 20 yrs. Only saw her again right before she married and I married…

I wasn’t comfortable with how needy he was. Too many times, he’d ask me something and not accept when I said it was fine. Dating was a novel thing at first, but then I realized I was in love with the idea of being in love and not with him.

— Nerd Girl

Aftermath: We had an outing planned with some of his friends. I didn’t want to dump him that particular day, but he pressed the issue about what was wrong. I felt terrible with myself, but oh so good to be free of him.