I graduated against the odds after the hardest year of my life (finishing my law degree from home whilst caring for terminally ill my father). Proudly, I asked my partner of 5 years to come to my graduation. He didn’t see the point in ‘celebrating me’ for a day, and when he saw how hurt I was he called me self-centered. I had to beg him to attend.

—free

Aftermath: We broke up a week later over this and various other belittling acts. He made me believe I was insignificant and unexciting so I would just stay home with him. I took him back twice more after he promised that he would change. Three months and a lot of empty promises later, I left him for good. I feel like me again.

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He scolded me for not answering his call, not taking a walk at 11:00 at night, not doing his laundry or cooking dinner for him, and not letting him come over and “wear me out.” I had only known his name for 1.5 days.

—ellie

Aftermath: I told him “this whole talking thing ain’t working for me.” He never called again.

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His new-to-me fiancée answered the door when I went to visit him, holding their 6-month-old baby!

—shay

Aftermath: I congratulated the blushing bride on her awesome pick of a husband-to-be.

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Two words: Thumb dick.

—nikki

Aftermath: Need I say more?

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After only two days of chatting on Facebook, he told me “Rawr! It means ‘I love you’ in dinosaur,”and he was serious.

—KutcherGirl

Aftermath: None.

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