“Oh, That Stings”: Chronicles of Worst Break-Up Experiences

Loving someone is a part of human nature. For most people, having someone by your side that you can consider a constant person in life is a dream come true. However, some good things need to come to an end. 

Imagine yourself spending your days, weeks, months, and years with someone. Suddenly, something happened that led you to be left behind that person.

1. Heartbreak Travel

My then-girlfriend was studying abroad. I went to visit her after several months of saving to be able to buy a plane ticket.

Lo and behold, when I arrived, she almost immediately told me that she had someone else. That hurt, man. It was too much to process.

The ticket, of course, was non-refundable (cheapest), so I had to spend five days completely heartbroken in a city I didn't know, filled with people whose language I didn't speak, and without the means to go home.

[deleted]

My boyfriend went to see his family a state away. Before he left, I noticed I was very nauseous all the time. I never thought anything was wrong about it, and it might just be a sign of my period.

He was nervous when he left and said he'd be back soon and keep him updated. Started getting bad cramping and bad bleeding.

Thought it was just my period, but then the bleeding stopped after one day. Went to the doctor for tests to make sure all is good down below.

Turned out I was pregnant and partially miscarried. Also, had first-stage signs of cervical cancer due to HPV. He had told me that they would have to laser off.

Kept him informed of what was going on. He freaked out and never returned and admitted he had been cheating on me with a girl in his hometown.

Doom_Muffin

My ex and I went to Thailand together for a two-week trip around the country (after being together for over a year). This was also a sort of birthday present for me, as it was right before my birthday.

On the third day, he confessed that he didn't love me anymore. He realized it a month before the trip but couldn't tell me, and he didn't want to be with me anymore.

The trip was non-refundable. I had to get a new passport and take two weeks off work, and it was HIS IDEA! It was miserable and humiliating.

I drank a lot. Instead of going home with me at the end of the trip, he stayed and got drunk with some of his friends, who conveniently showed up and slept with random girls.

My birthday was terrible, and I had to explain everything to my friends and parents when I returned. I literally cried for weeks.

TooManyVitamins

I booked a weekend in London for me and my girlfriend in order to go and see a concert. I paid about 250 euros for her since she couldn't afford it herself.

The day before leaving, I went down to the bank to withdraw some English pounds, and I called her and asked if I should withdraw some for her (and she could give me cash for it later).

She replied, "Well, yeah.... I don't have a lot of money right now," and I was a bit confused. Anyway, I told her she could borrow money from me and pay me back later. She still sounded hesitant and agreed that I could withdraw 50 pounds for her, way too little to last the entire weekend.

So I went home and started packing. I didn't hear from her for a couple of hours, and when the clock was 8 PM (we were leaving at 8 AM the day after) and I could not reach her, I got a bit scared. She had been acting strange all day, and now she wasn't answering my calls.

So I tried calling her about 15-20 times, no answer. I called her little brother, but he didn't know where she was. It’s starting to get frustrating.

I found out the number of her best friend and called her, and while I was almost crying, I asked her where my GF was and explained that I was taking her to London.

The friend's answer (I didn't talk much to her friends) was, "Yeah, I heard something about somebody taking her to London. I don't know where she is". And she sounded just as strange as my GF did earlier.

So I called the police. Nobody knew where my GF was, and I was scared that something had happened. They told me that I needed to go and check her apartment and wait 24 hours before reporting her as missing.

So I took my car and drove to her house, all terrified. Ran into her apartment and found her in bed with another dude. Wow, just WOW.

I just turned and walked out. Got into the car and drove home crying. Called her friend again and just asked her wtf was going on.

Apparently, my GF had been cheating on me for 2 of the 5 years we had been together. Talked to her once after that, and her explanation was, "Well, I loved you both in different ways."

I have not talked to her since then, and I have, on top of that, moved abroad and traveled the world. She is still, as far as I know, stuck in the same old town as before.

kausti

Well, once, I had a girl break up with her mom. For 3 weeks, she wouldn't return my texts/calls, so I drove to her place one night.

Her mom answers the door and says, "She doesn't want anything to do with you." Then, as I'm getting back in my car, she appears.

I just said, "Save it. If you're not adult enough to break up with me yourself, then I want nothing to do with you anyway." I drove off and never saw the witch again.

oopstoolate

I continued with my high school girlfriend after I went to college. We were only 100 miles apart, and things were fine for most of our freshman year.

Then, one day, she stopped returning my calls right after I had spent the weekend with her. I continued calling, getting worried. Then, one day, which I will need to forget, I was walking back after class and called her.

A guy picked up and said, "There is a new Sheriff in town. Stop calling." I could hear her laughing in the background. That really made me speechless.

I loved her dearly. Wanted to get married after college. I was devastated. I went home, put on kid-a, and moped for like a year.

Four years later, she apologized to me. I was dating my now-wife at that point. We are friends now. But I still hate what happened those days.

dressinbrass

My boyfriend and I had been going out for about 7 months and spent all of our time together. One night, he wanted to go with the boys, so I stayed home and let him have his space/fun.

When I woke up, I went to get us coffee and breakfast to bring to him, but he was still asleep, so I left that and a sweet note for him.  

When I went home, I checked my Facebook. Turns out he changed his relationship status to single that night. I guess I should have checked before I went over.

BeejaSunshine

I got dumped via text while I was taking my painkillers while recovering from an operation, meaning I couldn't walk for 2 weeks.

After not telling me why I was ignored for weeks and blocked on Facebook, etc., a friend asked me how I was coping with what she did.

I later found out he meant the fact that she broke up with me for another guy. When I asked her about this, she said, "You don't know what I'm thinking, so stop trying."

This happened 7 weeks ago, and I still can't go through a day without forcing myself not to text her or stalk her Facebook.

[deleted]

I was an American girl living in London, England, who had a nice job lined up and was totally happy there. I was in a long-distance relationship.

Well, he begged and convinced me to move back to the States. It was only AFTER I moved back that I found out he had been cheating on me the whole time.

Yay! Why the heck couldn't he have just told me sooner before I gave up the job and hauled back to the other side of the world? Inconsiderate bastard.

VikingHedgehog

I was graduating with my undergrad degree and staying at the same college for my grad work. I'd been with my boyfriend for almost two years, and we mutually agreed that this would be a great time to move in together.

About a week before graduation, he started acting weird, and I asked him point blank, "Hey, are things ok with us?" I figured maybe he was stressed about me moving in with him, and I told him I was perfectly fine with keeping my own apartment.

And he assured me that we were fine and that he was really excited about us living together. So, two days before I was supposed to graduate, I packed all the stuff from my apartment into my car and a rental trailer and drove it over to his house.

I opened the door, and there he was, in bed with his ex. So I left in a fit of ugly weeping, cried so hard I gave myself a migraine, and then had to move all my stuff back into my apartment with said migraine because the trailer was due back.

I don't even remember walking at the graduation ceremony because the migraine stuck around, and I was violently sick. Gosh.

And by a cruel trick of the universe, thanks to the miracle of alphabetizing, I had the ex-girlfriend seated immediately behind me for all four hours of the ceremony.

[deleted]

I used to have two roommates. One male and one female. The male roommate was also my cousin... My ex had basically moved in with me. All were happy for about 3 months.

We drove up to spend Christmas with my family, went to concerts, did fun stuff... She didn't work, so she was home all day when I was at work.

I would come home, and she was always hanging out with my cousin and other roommates. I didn't think much of it because I would socialize with her friends, too.

I came home one day, and she was in his room lying on his bed playing PS2 (which is odd because we had a Gen1 PS3, which was backward-compatible in the living room with the big screen).

That night, when we went to bed, I woke up in the middle of the night and found her not sleeping next to me... I walked out to find her in his room again, playing again... my suspicions were right that she was cheating on me with him.

They both admitted they thought it was easier to just do it behind my back than straight up tell me because it would "hurt my feelings too bad."

She then basically walked into my room, got her stuff, and moved it to his room. Then, they lived in his room of the house for 2 months before they found an apartment and moved out.

You can imagine how messed up it was coming home to see her and him every day for 2 months... It wasn't a good time in my life.

But what doesn't end you makes you stronger. That was 2 years ago, and I honestly can't even think of her name as I am typing this.

TearsDontFall

I went out with a girl for maybe 5 months, and with basically no warning, she broke up with me. Via text. The day before my birthday.

This sucked because not only was I sad, but she was also incredibly hot, so I remained attracted to her for a long time. Couldn’t help it.

Eventually, we ended up getting back together, but I still had no idea why she broke up with me initially. It still bothered me at that time.  

A few months later, along comes Valentine's, and having planned and paid for a dinner, theatre show, etc., in London, she broke up with me the day before. Again, with no warning or complaints. By text.

ampyid

Roll back the clock about 3 months. My girl and I have been happily dating for nearly four years. Things are going great. I freaking love this girl and have for the past 4 years.

We literally have zero fights. We agree on everything, from what games to play to who pays for what to what to have for dinner.

At this point, I am seriously considering popping the question. The only thing holding me back is my career or lack thereof. I'm unwilling to ask this girl to marry me if I can't provide for both of us if need be. So I don't yet. I wait.

One night, I woke up for work at about 4 am, and she wasn't in bed. Or in the apartment at all. The fudge? Call her, no answer. Kinda freaked out, but still, I go to work and hope she calls me back.

Finally, she does, and it turns out she went to a friend's house. We need to talk. We meet at the apartment, and she says she doesn't love me. We are over. But here is the real kicker:

She is leaving me for my neighbor across the hall. We had all been hanging out a lot recently, but I just hadn't noticed anything, silly me.

So now I get to see her and my neighbor on their porch when I get home from work, usually wrapped up in a blanket together. It hurts every time.

[deleted]

Leaving the fact that I was in elementary school, I still think it was rude; I had a girlfriend, and our times were golden. We held hands, and I was flying.

We were holding hands for a few weeks when, one day, my mom dropped me off at school, and I saw her playing with another guy from class.

It struck me, and I went to her to ask what the hell was wrong with her playing with that other guy. As cold as ice, she then replied: "Yeah, I'm with him now. Is that okay with you?" With nothing coming up and only my mouth full open, I stood there broken-hearted. I still hate her.

kietelvlees

Last year, a few days before my birthday, my 6-year-old daughter developed scarlet fever. I was pretty freaked out because, seriously? Scarlet fever?

So anyway, my cousin rushed us to the hospital, and I stayed there for a few days with my daughter. Now my bf at the time and I were LDR, so idk.

I called him from the doctor's office in the morning, but he didn't answer, which is strange because he's usually up by that time. But since I had more pressing matters to deal with, I didn't bother calling him again; I only sent him a text message to call me ASAP.

The day rolled down, finding out about my daughter having a rare fever, and the doctors were totally stumped as to how she got it. And having to stay in the hospital with her for a few days, which included my birthday.

Later that night, I tried calling him again once things settled down. He called me out for calling him and waking him up. I asked him if he got my text, and he said, "Yeah, but I didn't feel like calling you."

So, at this point, everything just comes to a boil, and I start crying. He then says, "Whatever, I don't need this right now." and hangs up the phone.

So I call him back, and he gets pissed off again, so I try telling him what's going on, and he goes, "I don't care. Leave me alone." And hangs up on me again.

Emirae

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I was dating a fellow for about 4 months, and we were doing pretty well (I thought). The last week, he talked to me a bit less and seemed kind of strange.

We were both invited to a mutual friend's party, so I figured I'd ask him what was up there. I arrived first, and he came a bit later. He introduced everyone to his new girlfriend.

He ignored that I was there, but I didn't want to cause a scene at my friend's house, so I waited until the next day and called him out, and his response was, "Yeah.. that wasn't how I planned for that to go down."

[deleted]

Got hit by a drunk driver on Friday the 13th. Totaled my car and left me with minor injuries. My girlfriend at the time refused to give me rides to work.

I had to have my dad drive from Ann Arbor to Detroit, 50 miles, mind you, to take me to work. That following week, my computer broke from a Trojan, my TV broke, my cell phone got stolen, my PS2 broke, and someone stole 400 dollars out of my wallet on my living room table ( I only lived with my girlfriend).

That following week, she went to visit one of her friends at Western all weekend, cheated on me - came home and wouldn't talk to me until Thursday - and went back that Friday and did it again.

The following week, she refused to talk to me for five days. Finally, she talked to me and got honest. I moved out, canceled the lease, and told her she had a week to leave and get all of her stuff out.

When I went back to the house to get my stuff, it was trashed. She threw parties all week and left my house disgusting. She left her phone on my bad, so I called her new bf that she had been cheating on me with.

I told her I was putting all her shots outside and that she needed to come to get it. She says she's bringing her boyfriend with her and gel fight me if I put her crap outside.

I tell her good. I combined all the trash in the house with her belongings and threw it outside in the rain with a note that said "witch pile." They show up, and he tries to get tough. I chased him down with a hammer, and he ran for his life.

joewilk

I was in a long-distance relationship with a girl from Japan. After about 6 months of video-chatting and emailing every day, I finally got to go over and meet her in person. Fantastic two weeks.

Skip forward a year. After having scraped up the money to go again to meet her, she broke it off less than 5 days before my flight with an email.

She said she'd been making excuses to no longer video chat for several days. I found out when I got over there that she'd been sleeping with a new boyfriend every night.  

She also constantly brought him along or talked about him, so yeah. My second trip to Japan. It wasn't very fun. It was dull.

[deleted]

One day, she was at my place, and we were watching TV and having a good time. She sent me a text later that night after she went home and said she loved me.

The next day, I didn't hear from her at all. She didn't pick up the phone (I only called once) or respond to any texts.

This went on for a few days until she finally responded by text and said she didn't know if she wanted to be in a relationship right now. That was it.  

Her way of breaking up was to just forget we ever met. I would have been happy with at least a text stating it was over instead of a week of being ignored as a way to break up. I still don't know what happened that she changed her stance with us so quickly. Oh well.

gshell

I was living with my ex for over a year, and we are expecting a baby. Over a month ago, he decided to leave me for a woman who lives next door and lives with her...

I had 2 more weeks left of my pregnancy, and I had to move out of the apartment we had lived in for over that year so I wouldn't have to hear him come home with his loud sound system to another woman's house.

He doesn't really care much about the baby and has only come to see me twice in that whole month to "check up on the baby." Now, he is with another woman other than the one he moved out of.

neeksluna

I dated a really religious girl in high school. I was an atheist, and we would light-heartedly debate frequently. One day, she did she wanted to walk to the park, nothing too abnormal.

Once we got there, she said I was taking her too far away from her beliefs and broke up with me over a few lines of scripture. I was in disbelief.

Well, just the previous day, she had brought me to her hair stylist mother for the most hideous haircut I've ever had. Now, it seemed like she planned it.

The cherry on top was finding out she had actually broken up with me to go out with one of the most chauvinistic douche-bags imaginable.

hpjj

3-year relationship. I was on a long weekend vacation with my parents, and we went to do our normal golfing adventure. We headed up to Casper, WY.

On the second day of the trip, right after our round, she texted me and told me it was over. Well, that really ruined my vacation after that.

The next day was our last round. I can't remember what I shot, what happened, or how I made it back home. It was all like a blur.

She says we were just growing apart, of course. The next week, she was with another guy. Every year, I celebrate that day with booze and blunts.

[deleted]

My first girlfriend at the university was homesick and couldn't handle college in a big city. We talked it over and decided to try a long-distance relationship.

We had different phone providers, and back then, minutes were kinda expensive. So, we figured out the smartest option was for her to switch over to my network. I think I paid half-sies on the phone.

Fast forward to the long-distance relationship. I think we're doing well. I visit her on the weekends when I can. Then, she grew distant. Turns out she broke up with me to date the guy who sold her the phone.

unrequited_boy

I had my first serious relationship in my sophomore year in high school. Being a naive high school boy, I figured we would be together forever.

You know how those things go. Then, she calls me one day and admits to not only sleeping with one but two guys the night before.

She then proceeded to tell me that she loved me too much to do that again to me, so she broke up with me. The scary thing was I didn't want her to leave me. Thankfully, she didn't stick around, and I dodged a bullet full of crazy there.

holaimaaron

I had been dating a girl for over a year; my longest relationship was her shortest. We spent the majority of the year apart from each other since we both went to different schools, only really seeing each other on weekends and holidays.

Summer came around, and I was offered a great job that I couldn't pass up, so I ended up staying in my college town. She was upset at first that I didn't move back home where we could see each other each day.

To make up for this, I started saving up some money so that I could take her to a place up north for a weekend to just spend some time together.

Fast forward a bit, and things improved. She was happier, and I was happy because she was happy. But then, out of nowhere, she texts me and says we need a break.

I'm pretty devastated, but I don't want to ruin my chances, so I give her space and don't really bug her much. Just continue saving so that I can surprise her with this mini-vacation.

I called her up to see how things had changed. Apparently, she had a new boyfriend; she'd been seeing him while we were dating since I was never around.

tnnrlil

Well, this summer, my current girlfriend and I were arguing one day. I'm upset at the fact that she says, "We argue a lot, and the only way to fix that is to break up."

I told her that we'd talk about it later and that I had to go to football practice. While there, I ended up fracturing my knee.

After practice was over, one of my buddies said she texted him to tell me to check my phone, and she was sorry. She broke up with me, and now I had broken my knee. I just cried. I don't know if it was from the pain or not.

modestmemory

My ex-GF, who was with me for 1 year, started dating someone else and dumped me via a text message. That fact is already messed up.

The exact time I received that text. I was in the hospital with a burst appendix - in a different country (holiday gone wrong). Good times.

Kinda scared me, though, because of the event. I never trusted any females again - since then, I've been rather horrid to people who started having "feelings" towards me. It's annoying because I want a girlfriend, but I just can't get past that "phase." :-\

[deleted]

We were best friends for a couple of years. It turned into more than friends. While he was at AIT for the army, he changed his Facebook status to "in a relationship."

  I was so happy that we were finally official. Later that day, he posted a picture with his new girl. It crushed me. I had a panic attack during my daily run.  

I never went running or heard from him again. I did hear from his sister that the girl cheated on him. I guess he deserved it? Idk…

SoupSandwhich

Around 30 minutes before a quite important statistics exam, I went to borrow a calculator from my girlfriend at the time.

She gave it to me, and then we chatted for a bit, and broke up with me a few minutes later. It was quite a shock, and I couldn’t function properly. Fudge.

I went into the exam and ended up guessing the first 10 and then writing "C" for every other question. Then, I went back to my place to cry.

noxville

In May 2011, my husband texted me while I was at my cousin's for the night, saying, "I have something to tell you that is going to destroy our marriage," then refused to call me or text me back.

I've been with him for 9 years with no previous trust issues, so, of course, I knew the universal password he used for everything and logged into his Facebook to find he had been cheating since Mother’s Day.

So I tested him, saying, “I already know you cheating.” He then texted me again, saying he wanted a divorce and our two kids and I needed to move out.  

We did, and now I have my own house and car, still going through a divorce while he lives with his new girlfriend And her daughter, his brother, and his brothers and baby, all in a two-bedroom apartment. I think I won this one.

unluckylover0

We've been dating for six years. I came home from my Grandpa's funeral and left my job after finishing training my replacement so I could move with him to San Francisco.

We (he and I) told everyone at the funeral we were engaged and that we were getting married in November, with a ceremony in April.

He comes home from work after going out to lunch with a coworker to tell me he doesn't love me anymore. But he doesn't want me to move out. Or really to sleep in a separate bed. What the fudge?

bumbletowne

My girlfriend of two-plus years was all good and dandy. We lived together and bought some pets. I went away on a weekend trip, and when I came back, she was acting more distant.

She had told me about this guy from her new job who liked her. She had about five different jobs when we were dating. People often got crushes, so I wasn't too worried, as she was quite loyal.

So, anywho, we were sitting in bed watching TV that night, and she was kind of lying to me and texting. I can see she's texting this guy from work flirting.

  So I said, "Hey babe, who are you texting"? Her response was, “Sarah.” I replied, “It says you texting Jack.” Then she snapped, “Yeah, you know what? We’re done!”

She gets up and packs her things. Over. Two years down the drain. She is dating him the next day. It's been a little over a year.

Well, it's safe to say I haven't even come close to recovering. The story gets way more complicated, but we'll stop there. Good times.

whynot20

I remember, in my freshman year in high school, I dated this one boy who was way too socially awkward to initiate anything in our relationship.

I gave him his first kiss, and that's as far as we ever went for dating for four months. He decided that he couldn't handle the 'stress' of dating me any longer and told his mom that he didn't know how to break up with me.

At the time, I didn't have a phone, so all important messages were sent to my mom's phone in case a friend needed help.  

So, eventually, his mom got tired of hearing him whine about it and ended up texting my mom that he was dumping me. That was weird.

maskyisagirl

About a year and a half ago, my Ex broke up with me (via text) half an hour before we were planning to have dinner. It was like a cliché TV show kind of scenario, and I couldn't believe it was happening.

She even called me at 12 am to wish me a happy birthday, which is why it hit even harder. She had been going to work every day, and I understood that she was under a lot of pressure and, in turn, was very tired.

But I still managed to try to get together with her a couple times a week before. This went on for about 2 to 3 weeks before we broke up, and she subsequently cut me out of her life entirely.  

As it turns out, a couple days after (I'm not completely sure when), I found out she was involved with one of her co-workers.

I haven't talked to her since my birthday. Things are much different a year and a half later, but the scars remain. I still have no feeling of closure.

dbainerr

I had been dating my ex for over a year at this point; we had a really intense relationship with insanely high emotions and spent all our free time together, loving every minute of it.

One day, we were supposed to meet up on campus. I show up, he's not there. I keep calling and texting, no answer. It was so unusual.

After a week, I took the hint and stopped calling. That night, my friends dragged me to a massive campus party to cheer me up. Guess who's there with another girl making out in public? Yeahhh...

I'm not the type to mope, so I proceed to have a massively good time, move on with my life, and never see him again. But I won’t deny it hurts.

At least, I wish that's how it ended. Instead, after 5 months, he emailed, and I took him back- he then proceeded to cheat on me 4 times before we broke up. Can't say I didn't see it coming.

LookieOverThere

I was in a long-distance relationship with a girl a few years ago. We lived fairly close (within 20 miles), but as neither of us had reliable transport, we couldn't see each other very often.

About a month into the relationship of mostly texting and Skype, she invited me over to her place, saying one of her friends could give me a ride there.

  As soon as I got there, I felt something was wrong as she was saying hardly anything to me (her friend I've never met is saying more to me than she is).  

After an hour or so of awkward hanging out, she finally tells me that she wants to break up because her ex is single again. The part that really sucked was trying to get a hold of one of my friends to come drive to get me from her place.

bossedverg

A girl I dated for a year and a half at the end of high school/beginning of college broke up with me on a Tuesday and started dating someone that Friday.

  She still talked to me, so I would try to talk about what she did, and she wasn't having it. I knew I had to eliminate her from my life when I brought it up.  

Well, as I told her that, she said, "Go find a psychiatrist to talk to about this because I guarantee they care more than I do."

[deleted]

I was 15 when I snapped my leg in half playing football, so I was laid up on my couch for about a month in the summer. It was a bummer.

I got my sister to check my AOL emails in the other room and read them aloud to me. One of the emails was from my girlfriend, who decided to break up with me since I couldn't hang out with her at the pool anymore.

She said nothing about my broken leg in the email, never called, and never came to visit. Pretty much the worst girlfriend ever.

hangoverprone

I came home from work to discover that he'd moved out and taken everything. The couches. The bed. The washing machine. Gosh.

He'd taken all the cold food, dumped it on the kitchen floor, and taken the fridge. He'd changed his number and wouldn't respond to emails.

He was a struggling musician, and I'd been paying the bills. The day before his great escape, he'd been accepted into the Army band. As far as I can tell, a guaranteed paycheck = no need for me.

Oceanmyst

After my dad got laid off, I asked my boyfriend for some compassion. He broke up with me over the phone the next day. Then he said he'd come by my school next week so we could talk.

He didn't. Then he said he'd mail my stuff to me in a few weeks and asked that I mail his things. I mailed his stuff the next day. Still haven't gotten my stuff back.

This all happened in September, about a week before my birthday. We were together for almost a year and a half. It still totally sucks.  

But every day, I feel lighter and less tense about the whole thing. Sometimes, I remember something we used to do, and I get sad again, but he was a jerk, and I deserve someone better.

[deleted]

I was riding the bus on my first day of law school. My wife was due to come home from her 9-month deployment in Iraq any day. I couldn't freaking wait to see her again. My phone beeped.

Email from the wife - she wants a divorce, but she doesn't say why, and she's not willing to talk about it. She's not coming home ever again.

Bank accounts are emptied. A few months later, we're at the courthouse so she can go through with it. I still don't know why. That one cut pretty deep and hurt like hell for a long time, but I was somehow able to move on.

sumerit

I guess my worst was actually my first. This girl and I had dated for nine months, and everything was going pretty well. Suddenly, on New Year's Eve, a friend calls me with very disturbing news.

Apparently, my girlfriend broke up with me a week before, and instead of telling me to my face, she sent an email to my friend to tell me.

My friend never checks his email, so he just found out five minutes before he called me. He forwarded me the email, and I was shocked.

I was really hoping it was just a sick prank, so I emailed my girlfriend about it. She then proceeded to send me pictures of her and another man, at least five years older than her.

She had been cheating on me for over two months and only dated me because my hair made me look like Daniele Radcliff. I then closed my laptop.

Glassesguy904

I was dating this girl for about two months. We met at our job at a pizza restaurant. She says that she's going on vacation with a few friends for a little bit.

Ok, nothing crazy about that. A week goes by, and someone at work asks me if I'm ok. Ok? About what? About my girlfriend being in the Middle East........  

She had joined the Army and didn't tell me. She called me three months later to say it wasn't going to work out. What a surprise…

DuckWalker

My then-fiancee (we were engaged for over a year) wrote me a "Dear John" letter in the middle of my first deployment. You know where this is going, don’t ya?

I had made her now-deceased grandfather a promise that I wouldn't ever stop loving her, so that makes this "getting over her" thing even harder.

Her family loved me very much and had gotten pretty upset with her for doing what she did. She never gave me or anyone else a reason, but she immediately hooked up with one of her guy friends.  

She convinced me over the years that she was just a friend and not a love interest. This tragedy really made me wish I could pick and choose which people get defended back home.

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My girlfriend of 8 years told me that she no longer cared about me and that she had cheated on me 2 days earlier. This was after I had just made breakfast for her and her little girl, whom I had helped raise since she was born.

I left the house to get some air and was told not to come back that night. We both own the house, and I was sleeping at a friend’s house.

Then she changed the locks, kept all my stuff, and tried to use child support threats to get me to sign over the house for nothing ($6000). Had to retain a lawyer to fight child support even though it's NOT my child.

Starpound06pound