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What's the worst 'I can't be with you anymore' line you've heard?

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redundantandbitter · 01/10/2013 23:53

You all know my latest DP's crap dumping excuse is 'she's more warm & spiritual than you'. So, to lighten my day ...There must be folk out there that have been fed some fabulous excuses ... Or maybe YOU have made something up to escape??? Care to share?

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GiveItYourBestShot · 01/10/2013 23:58

"Look! The Goodyear Blimp!"

Oh, OK. I haven't used this yet but I'm holding it in reserve.

Walkacrossthesand · 01/10/2013 23:58

Mine fell in love with OW many years ago, just as I was about to give birth to our 3rd child and had no idea he wanted out of the marriage. Apparently 'I didn't react right' when he was telling me things - whereas she, of course, did.

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:00

Like! Maybe I should create a stash of good one liners .., hmmmm ... Methinks... (Brains cranks into gear)

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:01

Sorry, crossed post...

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GiveItYourBestShot · 02/10/2013 00:02

I pinned a note on a t-shirt once and did a runner....

walk that sounds awful. I hope you managed some good revenge.

Whatnext074 · 02/10/2013 00:04

I had many from my messed up H before I found out about his affair:

  1. I'm fed up of going to supermarket at weekend - seriously, this was his first reason for not loving me anymore
  2. I am so bored of chicken and salad on a Saturday night
  3. You make the pain in my side worse when I'm with you
  4. you make me feel guilty when I go out for a drink after work - I only asked if he needed dinner saved for him
GingerbreadMoomin · 02/10/2013 00:10

My first 'proper' boyfriend when I went away to uni (and he couldn't understand why I didn't just get a job and find a flat to rent with him)...

'I woke up this morning and realised how stupid you are. I never want to see you again'

And he didn't Grin

SourSweets · 02/10/2013 00:11

"I just want to focus on my band"

Whatnext074 · 02/10/2013 00:12

GingerbreadMoomin ohh that's harsh!

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:12

*whatnext074' .. Those are terrible! Especially No. 3!! IOU must have laughed no?

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Bumply · 02/10/2013 00:14

Things said after dumping.

"You can hate me afterwards, but would you mind having sex first" - I declined.

"You treat my new girlfriend like she's a non-person" - um, that's because she means nothing to me and I'd prefer it to stay that way

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:14

Ok.. Admit that last time I had sex with DP he refused to orgasm ... Saving himself for new yoga lady I expect.. I actually laughed mid sex when he said he had to draw the line somewhere... Whatever!

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Weeantwee · 02/10/2013 00:16

'I don't love you or respect you anymore because you have forgiven me for kissing someone else. You are a lesser person for forgiving me.'

That came out of my first love's mouth.

MakeMeJumpIntoTheAir · 02/10/2013 00:16

Mine was (and still quite raw)

I can promise you that there is no-one else involved, I wish there was, because it would make all of this so much more easier to understand

Then I found an email to her, where he was planning his new life

The lying cheating bastard

Whatnext074 · 02/10/2013 00:18

redundantandbitter - he seriously blames me for that and is having tests for a health condition now, don't mean to bring your post down but he things he has cancer - and it's my fault! Or maybe it was the chicken and salad that caused it?!

Why can't they just say, "look, I'm a bit of a dick and I'm weak and not good enough for you"?

CaptainCupcake · 02/10/2013 00:18

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MiauMau · 02/10/2013 00:20

Not so much a line but, does being dumped over the phone just moments before i had to get on a plane because i couldn't afford to be in the country any more even thought the night before everything was fine, count?
I cannot remember the exact idiocy that he said at the moment, luckily it was many years ago and now I'm happily married to someone else Grin

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:21

whatnext074 blimey! Lets hope it's a chicken issue and not C. There must be some nice blokes out there... There can't all be weak and stupid... Law of averages and all that....

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Gruntfuttock · 02/10/2013 00:21

Mine was, "I can't see you any more because I'm getting married next Saturday".

Walkacrossthesand · 02/10/2013 00:22

Revenge, bestshot? Nah, the best revenge is a life lived well - which I achieved with myself & my DCs in mind, not him. Grin

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redundantandbitter · 02/10/2013 00:24

gruntfuttock NO!!!!!

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GiveItYourBestShot · 02/10/2013 00:28

Grin great way of looking at it, walk!

garlicvampire · 02/10/2013 00:30

You just don't get it. He was right, mind you - no idea what he was on about Confused

I love OW and you! I was hoping we could all live together. Grin

Sorry to hear that, Jump :(

brokenhearted55 · 02/10/2013 00:55

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Roseflowers · 02/10/2013 00:58

One of my best friends was dumped by his fiancée for another man. She broke the news using a lovely metaphor comparing him to cake (!). Apparently their relationship was like a really lovely cake that had nothing wrong with it or anything, it was just that someone came along and offered her a different cake and she wanted to try that for a while....terrible!