19 Truuuuly Awful Breakup Stories Just In Time For Valentine’s Day Because, IDK, I’m Evil

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“I was with a guy for three and a half years. We lived together and were actively planning our future. One night, I came home from work, and he told me to sit down. He proceeded to break up with me, told me that he no longer found me attractive because I had gained weight, didn’t think we should have kids together because of my issues (I dealt with a very abusive childhood and have a few mental health issues related to it) and that he’d actually been thinking about breaking up with me for a year. Two weeks before this, he had asked me to send him the engagement rings I liked so he could take a look and plan things out.”

“After he broke up with me, I gave him the weekend to move his things out. He left a ton of crap at the apartment, left his cat there for months because his dad (who he was living with) was allergic, and continued to have things mailed to the apartment for weeks afterwards, including lingerie addressed to another person! 

Looking back, I’m so glad it happened because he was actually a terrible person, but I didn’t know any better. He convinced a therapist that I had Borderline Personality Disorder (turns out I was actually dealing with undiagnosed autism!), constantly put me down, sexually assaulted me (I foolishly believed it wasn’t assault because we were in a relationship, so I owed him), flirted with people in front of me, and didn’t believe in me when I told him I wanted to work in the veterinary field. Everything was always about him. 

It worked out for me. I ended up meeting my husband a few months later, and he is the most supportive, loving, kind, wonderful man who never fails to tell me every day how much he loves me. We’ve been happily married for over six years now!”

—Anonymous