My sister set me up on a date. He picked me up, drove us to a movie theater, stepped up to the ticket window and said, “One please.”
—Shannon
Aftermath: No second date. My sister said he was notoriously cheap, and I ended up avoiding him at my sister’s gatherings for a year until he stopped trying to talk to me.
About five months in to the relationship, I asked him why I hadn’t met any of his friends. He said, “Well, I think you’re hot but I think they would say ‘She’s not that attractive’.”
—Angela
Aftermath: It took me another month or so before I realized I couldn’t forgive him that and broke up with him via instant message.
I was out of town because my grandmother was dying. As the priest was giving her the Last Rites, he told me over the phone that it was unfair to him that I had been spending so much time with my family and no time with him over the previous four days. He also wanted to know when the funeral was scheduled to be, so he’d know when I’d be coming back home. She was still alive.
—Mel
Aftermath: I hung up on him after calling him selfish, and broke up with him very shortly thereafter.
I told him I was going home to be with my parents while they were finalizing their divorce. He made a lame comment—then gasped. He said he forgot his parents’ anniversary the week before and spent five minutes trying to remember if he had sent a card or not, if they noticed he hadn’t sent a card, if his dad’s tone of voice had changed on the phone, etc., etc.
—Lindsay
Aftermath: I let him stay through the night and then did the mature thing and ignored his calls.
I was exhausted had and to drive five hours at night, through a whiteout snowstorm where I couldn’t see 2 ft. in front of me—let alone the lines on the unfamiliar highway. He slept and disgustingly snored from the passenger seat the entire time!
—Claire
Aftermath: It was long distance. He went home and we broke up a few weeks later. Haven’t heard much more than an angry text message since then.
