I came home from work one day and she said she would rather kill herself than continue to be married to me.

—Unlucky

Aftermath: She wanted me to stick around until our 6-month-old daughter was 3 because she didn’t want to put her in day care until then.

I’m not a religious person, but I never intend to hurt and kill anyone. This guy I knew for a few months told me one day that he had two women terminate their pregnancies.

—Ahimsa

Aftermath: It’s his Karma. I wanted nothing to do with him.

We were having dinner at a restaurant the night my sister was flying in for an internship. He asked me what airline she was flying, and I replied, AA. He joked, “Well it’s probably going to fly into a building then.” I stared at him and bursted out into tears because I hadn’t heard back from her yet, and even the thought of that happening scared the shit out of me.

—Jane

Aftermath: He apologized for upsetting me, but not for the joke. He said I need to get a sense of humor.

I said we needed to spend at least one evening a week and one afternoon or evening a weekend together if he wanted this marriage to work. He said I was “unreasonsble” — and went out yet again with his drinking buddies.

— AMD

Aftermath: I’m way less lonely now that I’m alone.

I knew it was over when he showed up at a dinner party I was invited to WITHOUT me and got so drunk that my friends called me to complain. 2 months later, I came back to school from a bad weekend home, and he dumped me after 5 minutes. His friends (who helped hook us up) talked him into it (while drinking), saying we were “too serious”. They were all engaged to be married

—Cyryn

Aftermath: Some months later, I was leaving the dorm to go out (dressed just a shade punk), and ended up holding the door open for a couple in Armani suits. His parents asked who I was. He claimed to not know.