He chased me down the freeway for a half an hour because I was going home for the weekend and couldn’t go to the beach with him. He also called me a “c**t whore b***h” and threatened to rear-end my car.

—Liz

Aftermath: I had ended our 8-month-long relationship previously, but I was giving him a second chance. Needless to say, he lost that chance.

I was dating a guy for about 6 months and we visited his parents in Florida. He had set up an interview for a job while there. He got the job and to my surprise took it…expecting me to just up and move with him.

—Amy

Aftermath: I told him that was unlikely to happen but I visited a few times for the free vacation.

He returned to his dorm late, completely smashed and proceeded to pass out on the bathroom floor. We had a bus to catch from Prague to Budapest and he hadn’t packed any of the things he accumulated while studying abroad.

—Meredith

Aftermath: I booked a one-way ticket home the next day and did not look back.

She stood on a barstool and screamed at me because I told her that missing the opportunity to buy a house wasn’t that big a deal. (She didn’t even have a bank account.) The entire bar stopped and was staring in disbelief, including the bar staff that knew her well.

—Erik

Aftermath: We broke up that night, but it took me over 2 months to get her out of the house. She kept leaving gifts for me; the crazies are funny that way. I am now married to an incredible woman with two awesome kids

I knew it was over when he was verbally abusing me after we had left church (for the umteenth time) and he told me that “I didn’t know how to walk with God.” And he was a minister!

—Marcie

Aftermath: We were only married for 3 months and it lasted for one more week and I snuck out while he was at work and left the state.