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to ask what is the most trivial reason you have ended a relationship

672 replies

BauerTime · 28/05/2014 17:05

Mine is for referring to the 69 position as 'summer of 69ing' and condoms ss 'rubber johnnies'.

It just made my skin crawl and there was no coming back from that!

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BauerTime · 29/05/2014 08:34

Oh another one! I'm on a roll now.

He used to disappear on nights out and go to sleep in strange places. Usually when out in a group so not leaving me on my own and could send someone off to look for him. But one night when i met him after he finished work in a trendy bar and i didn't know anyone else there and they were all pretentious twats who thought they were better than me and no one else spoke to me he disappeared for 30 mins and i couldn't find him at all so i went home and never spoke to him again.

I later found out he had fallen asleep having a poo in the ladies toilet. The one place i never thought to look!

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ChickyEgg · 29/05/2014 08:51

A really nice guy I was seeing proposed to me and initially I said yes but....i just couldn't get past his awful surname and called it off.

Another bloke i should have dumped when he cut the sleeves off my favourite sweatshirt and then wore it himself. The relationship went downhill from there. I should have done the deed but thankfully he sodded off while I worked up the courage!

lifesavingnoodles · 29/05/2014 10:07

because he said i had childbearing thighs...... that should be childbearing hips...... childbearing thighs are just chub!

KingJoffreysBloodshotEye · 29/05/2014 10:15

If I asked my exH to get me something or he passed me something (book, cup of tea, nappy) he couldn't just put it down next to me he had to hand it to me.

If I make someone a cuppa I put it down next to them unless there really isn't anywhere to put it.

ExH couldn't do that for some reason. You'd have to put down whatever you were holding/doing, take the item from him and then put the item down on the surface which was inches away.

Hmm

Fucking hell.

Even after a year of nodding towards the surface and saying, "Put it there, then." he was still doing it.

There was other issues with our marriage but when people ask why we split that's the reason I give.

CruCru · 29/05/2014 10:35

I used to go out with someone who broke up with me BUT:

  • he insisted on sleeping on the "best" side of the bed (by the bedside table, light etc)
  • whenever he watched Blackadder and Edmund said "no, I don't have any children, I'm not married" he would go on about what a funny thing it was to say. EVERY TIME.
  • whenever the automatic voice on the metro would say "Stand clear of the doors please" he would say "Oookay" with his eyes really big. So annoying.
  • he had to listen to difficult music to prove a point (prog rock, Aphex Twin etc).
  • he was sulky. If he got into a sulk and we were walking somewhere, he would slow right down (to an uncomfortable speed) but if I carried on walking at a normal speed he would speed right up and pass me.
  • he once went out (just him with a friend), got pissed and decided that WE were never drinking again. He poured away all our booze and our fucking white wine vinegar. Then when I said what the fuck, he said "it's a gesture".
CalamitouslyWrong · 29/05/2014 11:01

MrsDarylDixon: I went out with someone whose name rhymed with mine too. Blush He dumped me because I got better exam results than him.

I dumped someone for wearing army boots and combat trousers. I just couldn't face being seen with him. Horribly shallow, I know.

somethingbeginningwith · 29/05/2014 11:10

He told me he loved me via letter. I was 12. It freaked me out.

FatherDickByrne · 29/05/2014 12:01

KingJoffrey, that gives me the rage too.

squoosh · 29/05/2014 12:02

I found a Westlife CD in his collection.

Game over pal.

millymoose · 29/05/2014 12:07

Sent me flowers to my place of work. So embarrassing.

Jellyboobs · 29/05/2014 12:20

A succession of RIDICULOUS hats.

KingJoffreysBloodshotEye · 29/05/2014 12:22

KingJoffrey, that gives me the rage too.

Thank fuck!

Was always mildly worried that I was totally unreasonable.

Grin
VanGogh · 29/05/2014 12:22

He text me in txt spk.

august1982 · 29/05/2014 12:23

Overuse of a Playstation. Need I say more?

Nicola206 · 29/05/2014 12:26

He had a bald patch. Was on our 1st date and he bent forward.. Didn't see him again!

calculatorsatdawn · 29/05/2014 12:30

wheresthebeach I'd love a shouter. DP makes no noise at all when he finishes and I always have to ask to make sure Confused

somethingbeginningwith · 29/05/2014 12:32

august DP of ten years plays excessive playstation. Time to LTB? Wink

Chellebell1 · 29/05/2014 12:34

He was too much of a mummy's boy, to the extent he'd leave at 6.30 in the morning to drive 40mins to get home to drive her to work, she worked less than a 5min drive from her house, final straw was when he told me (just after doing the deed) that she shaves his back for him and just for men's his hair!!

Lnfb85 · 29/05/2014 12:40

Ok... So we were only seeing each other. You know a few dates... Ended up back at his, having a bit of a make out session...

When he groped my boob and said (out loud) "Wibble wobble". That was that! I quickly made an excuse and left.

To make it worse the next day at the nursery I worked at the sports teacher played the bean game- he'd shout jelly bean and the kids had to run around saying Wibble wobble like they were jelly.

Then to make it worse- yup even more worse- a few nights later I went out with some friends who knew of him. Hey high jacked my phone and stole his number. They texted him saying the rules for dating women- ending with never say Wibble wobble. He texted back asking who it was and saying several people's names... Like he told this story to others or did this to others.

I still can't sing Wibble wobble jelly on the plate to children in my care, and now my son without having flashbacks!

AmenGirl · 29/05/2014 12:44

He tried to control my portion sizes Confused like a child or someone trying to lose weight...

mummystein · 29/05/2014 12:45

The guy took me to nandos on our first date. ... He used his card to get himself a free half chicken and still wanted to spilt the bill ....
End of!

EternalOptimist77 · 29/05/2014 12:46

He kept staring into my eyes and declaring his undying love for me. I was 16 and he 18. it was just too much after dating for only 3 weeks!

expatinscotland · 29/05/2014 12:47

came to pick me up. His car was FILTHY. Dump.

wouldbemedic · 29/05/2014 12:54

He smelt of damp. (surfer)

expatinscotland · 29/05/2014 12:54

Ordered starter, expensive main course, dessert, coffee. first date. Then tried to pull the,'I left my wallet at home,' stint with a grin.

Sure you did. I was working temp as a legal secretary for buttons and living in a cheap bedsit, but came prepared to pay for my meal.

Fucking chancer!

I started laughing, 'Nice try! Called for my half of the bill in cash, left a good tip and bailed.