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Athiest morals

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:12 +0000

He told me that he didn’t believe you can have morals if you weren’t raised in the church. My dad is an atheist and my mother a lapsed Lutheran. I am also an atheist; he knew all of this.

—J.WO

Aftermath: We broke up a few months later, remained roommates for a few more months after that. We are both in the process of moving out. We are still best friends.

LSAT

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:00:04 +0000

The night before the LSAT exam, my boyfriend drove his fancy car to my place instead of his Mazda, even though I live in a shady neighborhood. He kept me up all night because he would look out the window at every noise he heard to make sure the car was OK. Took the LSAT on 0 hours of sleep. The next day, having taken the LSAT and having been awake for 40 hours, I escorted him and his family to a tractor pull at a county fair. He whined that I was selfish and never did what he wants to do.

—farkat82

Aftermath: Three to four weeks later. LSAT results were in. I ended up getting 11 points lower than I had ever gotten on my lowest practice LSAT— all because I was sleep deprived because of his stupid car.

Nine years

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:53 +0000

My boyfriend of nine years told me he would never leave me because, “As hard as this relationship is, it would be harder to start over with someone else.”

—Tofu

Aftermath: I stayed for another year before realizing what an ass he was.

Dirt Nap

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:07 +0000

I came home one night to find him totally smashed & angry about something. In his drunken stupor he told me, “You better be careful, or you’re gonna be taking a dirt nap.”

—Alive & Well

Aftermath: I started looking for a place the next day, moved out 2 weeks later and broke it off.

Flea-infested cat

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:55 +0000

She took all the money inside our joint account and left me with her flea-infested cat. I hate cats.

—Bernard

Aftermath: I had the cat neutered.

Camping trip

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:00:30 +0000

After a very dull first date, we went to his house where he pulled out photo albums and started showing me pictures of a camping trip with his ex-girlfriend. Even stranger: I was a total doppelganger for her.

—Elizabeth

Aftermath: I texted to cancel our next date. He called 9 times, leaving 4 sad messages, the last of which was many minutes long, full of tears & whyyyyy, elizabeth whyyy! I played it on speakerphone for my friends.

Obama

admin — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:00:58 +0000

We were having a great conversation at dinner, full of laughs, and she suddenly changed the subject and shouted in a voice that commanded the whole restaurant’s attention: “I hate politics. My family told me that Obama is going to raise our taxes — and we’re only working-class!” Then she blurted out, “My Dad only makes about $3 million a year, before taxes!”

—Nate

Aftermath: She was spoiled, rude, and uninformed, but more importantly than that, I was a full-time intern on the Obama campaign and a devoted political science major. I never called again.

Burger King

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:00:27 +0000

Went out with a Korean customer, recently in the U.S. He called before the date & kept repeating, “Jennifer. Jennifer. I like you. Do you like me?” I went anyway. Our first stop was Burger King. He sat next to me & kept rubbing my leg and I kept removing his hand. No real conversation. Then to a dive bar where he rubbed my leg & still no conversation. In his car, he kept pawing my chest. I had to apply a joint lock to remove his hand.

—Jennifer

Aftermath: It was over at the BK, but I finished the date. A girlfriend who spent time in Korea later told me that most Korean mens’ only exposure to American women was in the movies, and therefore thought we were all “easy.”

Overseas

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:00:39 +0000

He got mad at me for turning down a job that would have required us to be physically separated. By an ocean. For a year. And we were married.

—Claire

Aftermath: Six months later, I had another overseas opportunity. He said he would take a leave of absence from his job and join me for 3 months. He didn’t. When I came back, I took a permanent leave of absence from him.

Momma’s boy

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:50 +0000

His mom tagged along on a date and I put up with it. After a bit, it became a ritual. He would also call his mom on the phone, no matter the time. The last straw was when my grandmother suddenly died. After the burial, he wouldn’t let me drive because I was “too emotionally unstable.” We went home to his house because he wanted to bring his 300-lb mother a sandwich. I had to call my dad to come get me.

—Matty

Aftermath: I dumped him via telephone and let him know what a pathetic momma’s boy he was. I eventually boosted up my self-esteem and moved away.