Almost everyone has experienced a rough breakup here or there, but these people had some truly heartless exes.
This Is… Awkward
“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– and 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, bitched him out, and his response was, “Yeah.. that wasn’t how I planned for that to go down.”
Yeah, thanks, dude.” (source)
Cruel Timing
“After I had surgery and was able to fully hold a conversation I called my then boyfriend. He proceeded to tell me I had too much drama, he didn’t love me, and he was sleeping with his ex. We hung up, I asked for more painkiller and went right back to sleep. Good times.” (source)
A New Sheriff
“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, this right after I had spent the weekend with her. I continued calling, getting worried. Then one day, which I will never 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. I loved her dearly. Wanted to get married after college. I was devastated. Went home, put on kid-a and moped for like a year.” (source)
How Courteous
“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 and 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 f**k____couldn’t he have just told me sooner before I gave up the job and hauled my a back to the other side of the world? Inconsiderate bastard.” (source)
A Man Of Few Words
“He sent me a text saying “ur dumpd” whilst we were sat next to each other on a bus. Classy fella!” (source)
Young Love Hurts
“Leaving the fact that I was in elementary school I still think it was rude; I had a girlfriend and our times were golden, holding hands and stuff, I was flying. We were holding hands for like a few weeks when on one day my mom dropped me off at school as I saw her playing with another guy from class (that b_*_h). 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.” (source)
The Dreaded FB Technique
“Me and my boyfriend 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.” (source)
A Super Fun Weekend
“My first real relationship-we had lived together for about 4-5 months when he decided he wanted to break it off. I had just lost my job, so I couldn’t pay rent on the apartment, so I had to move back in with my parents, him telling me we ‘needed to take a break,’ I was 18-19 at the time, this is my first real relationship, I haven’t a clue what that actually means. He dragged just flat out saying it for SIX MONTHS. Finally, he wants to talk. He takes me- no, I drive us out to a lake we camped at one weekend 45mins away from home. We have no food, he forgot the tent poles, and it got below freezing that night. He wanders off for awhile and says he wrote me a note in our letter book in my car. I go read it, it’s his breakup to me. I had to spend the night cuddled up to him so I didn’t freeze after having read about how he found and started seeing someone else. Yeah. What a winner he was.” (source)
Till Cradle Robbing Do Us Part
“I woke up one fine October morning and my wife of 8 years was gone, along with her computer and some clothes. Nothing else. Her wedding ring was sitting on the desk where her computer used to sit. No note, no phone message, no hint she was leaving. I found later she had lied to her dad about needing rent money and bought a ticket to live with a 19 year old (she and I were mid-30’s) boy she had met on an online game.” (source)
An Unfortunate Trip
“GF was studying abroad. Went to visit her after several months saving to be able to buy a plane ticket. Arrived and she almost immediately told me that she has someone else.
Ticket of course was non-refundable (cheapest) so I had to spend 5 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.
F*g worst week of my life.” (source)
An Unfortunate Trip, Pt. 2
“My ex and I went to Thailand together for a two-week trip around the country (after being together over a year). This was also a sort-of birthday present for me as it was right before my 20th birthday. On the third day he confessed that he didn’t love me anymore and realized it a month before the trip but couldn’t tell me, and didn’t want to be with me anymore. The trip was non-refundable. I had to get a new goddamn 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 then I had to explain everything to my friends and parents when I got back. I cried for weeks.” (source)
The Mom Buffer
“Once had a girl break up via 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 don’t want nothing to do with you.” 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 her again.” (source)
A Traumatizing Experience
“Well, I was in junior high, everyone’s finally admitting, hey, we like the other gender. So I had a crush on a friend of mine, and I was too shy to say anything to her. I get a note from her, saying she likes me. We go back and forth, and I ask her out, she says yes. Turns out she did it to make other people laugh, and ever since then I’ve had issues trusting people. I suppose because it happened so early on, I dunno.
We ended up being friends and she ended up dating my best friend during high school, who she apparently told this to, he promptly told her she was a bitch for doing it to me, and dumped her. We haven’t seen her since High School, though we’ve heard she has a kid or two.” (source)