'Our horoscopes did not match': 20+ crazy reasons why people were dumped

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 24, 2023 4:00 PM EST

Raise your hand if you have ever been dumped! 

Ok, now raise your hand if the reason why you were dumped was absolutely ridiculous!

Well, lucky you! You get to join this group of recently dumped individuals, who shared their stories on this r/AskReddit thread. Keep scrolling below to see what they had to say. When you're done, take a look at this list of roommate fails.

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  • 01
    Nature - r/AskReddit. Posted by u/GreatTurkeyOverlord 6 hours ago What is the strangest reason someone has broken up with you?
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  • 02

    I mean, what's the real breach of trust here?

    Font - AgreeableShark56 - 6 hr. ago She had been cheating on me for a while with a couple of guys and she hid it from me. So when she confessed, I mentioned that I needed a cigarette. And so she berated me for smoking and broke up with me because I "breached her trust" by smoking cigarettes when I had told her previously that I didn't smoke. It caught me so off guard that I actually started to feel bad. Until I hung up the phone and realized what had just happened. That excuse still makes me thi
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  • 03

    What kind of party was it though?

    Font - TranslatesToScottish. 6 hr. ago My gran was dying of cancer and had literally days left. She (gf) wanted me to take her to a party instead. She wasn't happy at all when I said I needed to be with the family, so she broke up with me with "Maybe I'll find someone who values me more." 183 Reply Share
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    If you care about horoscopes, then we're never gonna be a match!

    Font - aksh_079 6 hr. ago Astrology. Because our horoscopes did not match. 102 Reply Share
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  • 05

    Hm...what's your opinion on that?

    Font - valeyard89 5 hr. ago She said I didn't have any opinions. I didn't know what to think of that.
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  • 06

    Clearly, she likes to date men she hates! Healthy!

    Rectangle - Kwasinomics. 5 hr. ago Because she liked me too much. If any women can shed some light on that one, it'd be great
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  • 07

    This guy is clearly still bitter about it

    Font - DriftingPyscho. 5 hr. ago Lack of tattoos and long hair, brown eyes not blue or green, didn't inspire her artistically. I hope that superficial has grown up b some.
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  • 08

    Well, a dream IS a wish your heart makes!

    Human body - 2948337 6 hr. ago He had a dream that I cheated on him
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  • 09

    Shallow, shallow, shallow!

    Font - raceAround126 - 3 hr. ago I had someone break up with me because she thought I was too poor for her. I'm not loaded by any means, but I don't flash. I drive a modest car, fix it myself 90% of the time, don't have a huge house and tend to pre cook a lot of my own meals as it's cheaper and healthier. She broke it off with me saying that she didn't think I could help raise a family (first I'd heard of a family) with her. Someone let her in on the fact that I owned my own property and knew ot
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  • 10

    When we were 8, this was a big deal!

    Font - ViperThreat 5 hr. ago When I was 8, my girlfriend broke up with me because her other friend got a nintendo64 and she wanted to play with him instead. broke me man. F
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  • 11

    Ah, the frequency of texting!

    Font - Ok-Sheepherder5767 · 6 hr. ago Because I never texted them 24/7, even when I was with my family.
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  • 12

    You're not supposed to have friends, duh!

    Font - BasalTripod9684. 6 hr. ago I took a guy to my junior year prom as a first date, he ghosted me afterwards and never told me why. Later I found out he stopped talking to me because I was talking to friends at prom.
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  • 13

    That's some Game of Thrones-level s***

    Rectangle - boat_ghost420 - 5 hr. ago not me but a classmate of mine who asked out his crush rejected him.... FOR HER OWN BROTHER!
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  • 14

    You're entitled to split the bill for the first month.

    Mammal - cbcking 5 hr. ago That I was stingy. It might have been valid coz am not taking up your bills three weeks after we have met.
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  • 15

    Well, there's proof of that theory!

    Font - CarmenxXxWaldo. 5 hr. ago I made a passing comment about how people that are/were in color guard are bat crazy. Apparently she was in color guard and even coached it for a few years before we met... I stand by my statement.
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  • 16

    Were they like, "it's better than yours?"

    Human body - Gtrplyr83 6 hr. ago My milkshake brought too many boys to the yard.
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  • 17

    This one is valid, though.

    Rectangle - Jacobflamecaster23 6 hr. ago I broke up with a five year old because she pushed me on the swing and wouldn't stop
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  • 18

    Who knew the eggplant fan club was this aggressive?

    Font - downwardspiralstairs. 6 hr. ago I don't like eggplant and that I had no interest in reading harry potter as an adult and still don't 25 years later.
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  • 19

    Friends don't let friends study agriculture!

    Font - PurestOfBread. 6 hr. ago Not 'broken' up in a relationship, but a friendship. I had a girl stop being friends with me because I chose to take Agriculture instead of Art in highschool.
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  • 20

    This guy should not know so much about his mother!

    Font - INeverSaid I Was Nice 3 hr. ago He broke up with me the day after I found out I was pregnant. He said "You can't be pregnant because your period matches up with my moms and she hasn't got her period yet, so you must just be late like my mom is."
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  • 21

    Was this in Utah?

    Facial expression - wasabi_sauci 5 hr. ago They couldn't handle two relationships at once
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  • 22

    You didn't miss anything, honey!

    Human body - StoolToad9 3 hr. ago I didn't want to see an 11pm showing of Pacific Rim
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  • 23

    Find you a man who doesn't take you to Papa Johns!

    Font - Linqer. 3 hr. ago I didn't shake the garlic sauce from papa johns before opening it... I got told to get out and never come back.
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  • 24

    Clearly, they did not know what "agnostic" meant!

    Human body - kllove 3 hr. ago I was "too religious." I'm agnostic.
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