We were lying in bed after sex and she asked if I knew when a female is ovulating. Obviously no, I’m a guy. She wiped her vagina barehanded, then rubbed her hand across my chest. She was explaining the thickness of the mucus when I dressed and walked out of the room.

—Jim

Aftermath: I didn’t talk to her for a couple days after that. Finally I called and broke it off with her. Not my usual style but I didn’t want to risk another anatomy lesson.

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I’d been dating this guy for 3 months, though he was chronically late. He had no car and had to ride the bus when he came to see me, a three hour trip. I put up with it because I knew he had to get up at 5 a.m. to get to see me at 9 a.m., and he sometimes overslept.

Then there was the day he said he’d come at 11am, completely overslept, and left me a message to cancel our date, making me late to class because I was waiting for him because he and his roommate were talking Star Wars armor until 2 a.m.

—Kira

Aftermath: I broke up with him for multiple reasons a week later.

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I scored better on the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) than he did. It drove him crazy that I was smarter than him.

—Ana

Aftermath: We “dated” on and off for nine months, then I got fed up and dumped him for good. So he retaliated and told me he’d been cheating on me for the umpteenth time. Guess I wasn’t so smart after all.

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I knew it was over the day he stood in the kitchen yelling at me because we were out of coffee.

—Much Happier Now

Aftermath: I’ve been divorced from him now for 8 years.

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I told my boyfriend of a year that I re-enrolled to finish my degree. He said, “That’s a great idea—did you think of that yourself?” I became mute with shock at his insult, uttered in sincerity.

—insulted

Aftermath: I moved across the country to finish my degree.

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