I was his soul mate but he couldn’t leave because his daughter was melting down. He and his wife weren’t sleeping in the same bed. His wife was a control freak and he didn’t love her.

— Amy

Aftermath: My best friend was on the phone with him and he slipped and said his therapist said he was too stressed out to make a decision. I made the decision for him!

For our one year anniversary, my boyfriend bought take-out Chinese over to my house. He was already drunk. After eating, and him spilling rice everywhere, he looked at me with a blank look and said, “I think you should clean up, since I bought it.” He then passed out on my couch for an hour before leaving for the bar, without me.

— Rachel

Aftermath: Words cannot describe my relief at being done with this one.

I was at the laundromat, doing HIS laundry and found crotchless panties as well as boxers with cartoon elephants on them. He said someone must have thrown them in with his laundry to save money.

— Michelle

Aftermath: I dumped his stupid, cheating a**.

Some girls called asking for him, claiming to be his sisters. He didn’t have sisters.

— Diana

Aftermath: I scratched all of his CDs and never spoke to him again.

During a heated argument I pushed him and he pushed me back. He called 911 and the police came. I was so angry I argued with the police and they took me away for being uncooperative. I spent three days in jail until my brother (an attorney) bailed me out. When I came home my dad was there from out of state. He wanted to surprise me. Bad timing.

— EB

Afermath: Dumped him. Twenty years later I’m still in love with a man his complete opposite and we have five children.