'I was selfish and unreliable' : Redditors Share 20 Real Truths About Why Their Relationships Didn't Last

If there's one takeaway we want y'all to carry with you forever and always is that it's okay for relationships not to work out. In fact, it's pretty much inevitable. Sure, it may be sad and scary to let go of everything you've built, but if the relationship has exhausted itself - it may be time to move on.

We're human beings, after all, and we're constantly growing and changing, and sometimes that means outgrowing the people we're with. Be it a friendship, a romantic relationship, or anything else, really. The most important part of it all is to not consider it as a failure but instead, just part of the process.

Don't get us wrong, it's definitely a tough pill to swallow when you thought you'd found your happily ever after, and then things don't work out. But ultimately, we all deserve to be with people who love, cherish, appreciate, and respect us. Remember that always.

With that being said, we present to you 20 honest replies from Redditors on why their relationships didn't work out.

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If only we had a penny for every time we heard a story like this
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Cheaters are the absolute worse. So sorry this happened to you.
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