We were laying in bed talking when his phone rang. He got up and walked outside to answer it. I got up and went to stand by the door to see who he was talking to. I heard him say, “Didn’t you get the flowers I sent you? Well, what? You can’t say thank you?” In the year we had been dating he never so much as took me out on a nice date! I confronted him, and he kept saying, “You just aren’t good enough. You’re not pretty. I want her back.”

—Dee

Aftermath: I left that night, taking everything I had bought for the house. I’m now with a great guy, who thinks I’m great, pretty, and good enough. The ex still calls me from blocked numbers. I guess he thinks I’ll be there when he’s lonely. Truly a loser.

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When I was in high school, I dated a guy for about 7 months. He would randomly punch lockers and bleachers in fits of rage. I told him I didn’t want to be a battered woman and broke it off with him.

—Dana

Aftermath: He’s been in jail three times for domestic abuse.

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I found myself between my boyfriend and his best friend in bed. There was a lot of heavy petting which could have gotten hot had my boyfriend not flipped out about how weird it was. I didn’t run after him. His best friend and I have been together for 5 years since.

—Rose

Aftermath: The relationship was going south anyway. We are all still friends. No potential threesomes have happened since.

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She went to Las Vegas with her best friend. I was wary. My cousin kept telling me she was going to cheat because that’s what girls do in Vegas. I go to her MySpace page only to find a comment from her best friend saying she wishes she could’ve gone. I didn’t hear from her all weekend. She sent me a text on her way home.

—tom

Aftermath: When I asked her if the friend and her had a good trip, she lied and said they had fun. I broke up with her right there through email and told her I knew she was lying.

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I was dating an older, successful military man who pursued me for a year before I relented. He had to travel often, and would fly me to see him. Then I got a phone call from his wife.

—Crystal

Aftermath: Turns out he had girlfriends all around the country who he fly to see him, but his wife doesn’t believe in divorce and they have two children together already. I sent him a final e-mail asking him how he’ll handle it when his daughter has men like him using her. He still pays for my cell phone, which is on his family plan!

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