He yelled at me for leaving a ketchup packet on the counter of the hotel that I had paid for. He said I was disgusting and ungrateful and lived like a pig.

—Desiree

Aftermath: I stayed with him to be in his sister’s wedding the next month but a week after that we parted ways.

After a few dates, we finally went to an actual restaurant (not fast food). He ordered the steak. Cut it with his knife and fork. Then proceeded to eat it with his hands. He also chugged a bottle of maple syrup in IHOP in front of my friends a week later.

—Gwen

Aftermath: We dated for maybe a month after that. Then he dumped me in Burger King (his favorite restaurant) for some girl he claimed was only his “friend”.

My boyfriend of a year told me that he loved me because I was like his toilet.

—Jess

Aftermath: It took about a month to break up.

He used the 10th anniversary of his mother’s death to break up with me, claiming that “everything he loved got taken away or died” and he was so fearful of this happening that he couldn’t fully love me. I was devastated until I learned from a mutual friend that he used the break up and anniversary to get back with his ex-girlfriend. He tearfully told his ex-girlfriend that I broke up with him because I couldn’t bear to console him through the anniversary.

—KJW

Aftermath: It took a really long time, but we’re friends now.

Our flirtation and pseudo-relationship was over when he informed me that he fully intended on proposing to his ex-girlfriend.

—Peg

Aftermath: Whatever we had lasted approximately 10 minutes after he informed me of this over breakfast. He did indeed propose to her, but that was over within 6 months. So glad I’m rid of him.