When I came home from work he was out drinking with his friend. I went to jump on the computer and found a chat that he’d forgotten to close. Lucky for me. I got to read about all the things he wanted to do with and to this other girl. He actually tried to say it wasn’t his chat.

—Nic

Aftermath: We broke up about 2 months later.

It was over when she called her mom at 7:30 p.m. to ask her if she could go out and buy new bras and panties from Walmart.

—Who would ask this?

Aftermath: She went out and bought them, but it only lasted a few months. I couldn’t handle her always asking her mom for permission to do something.

He’s more old-fashioned than I am, and insisted we wait until we were official until we had sex. Finally, we did… it was horrible, silent, missionary-style sex. When he finished, the first thing he did was look at the clock and say, “Wow, three whole minutes.” He then proceeded to stand up, pull up his pants and say, “Now let’s not make this awkward.” Why would it be awkward?? You’re my boyfriend, weirdo!

—Sara

Aftermath: We never had sex again and I broke up with him a few days later. It made me very glad that I’m not the type to wait until I’m married to have sex… I don’t want any more surprises.

He was a slightly nerdy guy, but it was cute–until one day when we were about to take an exam and I had borrowed this really complicated graphing calculator from my teacher. When I asked him to help me figure it out, he started jumping for joy, exclaiming that it was the most beautiful thing he’d ever beheld…

—Sheila

Aftermath: It lasted a few days, though he didn’t seem too upset with me- just upset that he didn’t own a calculator like that…

I knew it was over when my husband and I were married for 1 month and I told him that I was pregnant. He said, “F***, S***, I wanted to wait for 2 or 3 years.” Also when I told him the sex of the baby, he said that he wanted a boy. What a jerk.

—Sicily

Aftermath: We dated for 4 years and we were married for 1 year