'He got a puppy and realized he couldn't balance that with dating': 20 ridiculous reasons why people got dumped

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 18, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

They say every breakup is unique. That would be true if these anecdotes serve as any indication. 

Sure, there are the standard reasons why people split up: infidelity, different life goals, timing, location, etc. And then there are these folks who shared their breakup stories via the following r/AskReddit thread. Some of my favorites include the girl who was dumped because her now ex-boyfriend got a dog and realized he couldn't balance the two. Then, there is the person who got dumped because they were just 90 seconds late to dinner on a night of terrible traffic. And then there's the guy who was threatened by how intelligent his now ex-girlfriend was, so he broke up with her. And how could you forget the one who was dumped because they had bad posture?

Keep scrolling below for the full list. For more, check out these ridiculous things people actually said out loud.

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    r/AskReddit - Posted by u/milfstarbright 19 hours ago What is the weirdest reason someone stopped dating you?
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    ZombieParadigm 1 day ago I was "too nice". Briefly dated a guy and he said it was a turn off that I was super friendly with staff at restaurants or grocery stores. Gladly holding doors open for others, smiling when I pass people on the street, that kind of thing. Apparently he wanted someone who valued themselves more and that being nice like that is advertising I'm a doormat. Bullet dodged. 2.4k Reply Share
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    goohoh 1 day ago Dating me made her realize she is ready for love again.... so she dumped me and got with her ex 1.7k Reply Share
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    GodzillaDrinks 1 day ago . I was an EMT. We went to see Twilight New Moon. A guy a few rows ahead had a seizure. I had them stop the movie and call an Ambulance while I got the guy out of the aisle, so he wouldn't hurt himself against something. They refunded everyone and canceled the show. Never heard from my date again. ⇧ 941 ↓ Reply Share
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    whitneywestmoreland . 1 day ago edited 1 day ago In high school, I knew a guy who broke up with a girl he adored because his friends started calling him a chubby chaser. Frankly I thought she was adorable (and maybe 30lbs overweight at the most) but, more importantly, she made him happier than I'd ever seen him. I felt as bad for him as I did for her when he broke up with her. He said she told him "I thought you were better than this. I'm disappointed in you." when he told her they should stop s
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    ro . Velmabutgoth 1 day ago I told him that I do a basic check of my dates names in the provincial crime database- it just searches for public files. I was a 24 year old girl, living alone in the middle of a big city, so I always checked out the guys before getting into their cars. This came up naturally, and the guy flipped out about how I was a narc and how I cant be trusted. Weirdly, his name pulled up nothing. Not even a parking ticket. 811 Reply Share
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    Evidence-Timeline . 1 day ago I bought her a talking troll doll. Remember the troll doll fad in the 90s? She hated them but I had no idea. I saw one that spoke some trendy phrase she used a lot and bought it for her. She broke up with me later that week and said she hates troll dolls and just can't see me the same way. That's all right, her dad and I are still good friends 30 years later. 739 Reply Share
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    Chicklet5 1 day ago He wanted to be with someone he could talk to about things that interest him, like quantum physics. He literally worked in I.T. and only watched one documentary about physics and I guess that gave him superior intelligence 391 Reply Share
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    Because_I_Cannot 1 day ago This was in high school, summer between 11th and 12th grade. I had a girl that I'd been dating for a couple of months tell me, mid-date, that she didn't like that I got more attention than her when we walked into a party where we both knew people so she broke up with me
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    Sweeeeeet-heart 1 day ago "You're a smart and independent woman, and I hate that you're more intelligent than I am. You intimidate me, and you probably won't get along with my family."
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    Careless-Raisin8266 1 day ago She had her hair cut slightly and I didn't notice.
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    plague_chipmunks44. 1 day ago He got a puppy and decided he couldn't balance that with dating.
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    Giant-beer303 - 1 day ago The first time she stayed over at my place and also the first time we were intimate. She broke up with me the next day because over night I turned my back to her during the night. Who sleeps in one position all night?
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    Clear_Profile_2292. 1 day ago I wanted him to wear a clean shirt to my family's largish Easter gathering. There were other factors, but that was the incident that turned him against me. We were together for three years. I am still trying to get over the heartbreak and general Oness of it all.
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    HauntedGhostAtoms. 1 day ago He didn't want to tell me. We lived together. We had lunch one day, and later that day he came home from work and said "I want you to leave by the morning. There is no main reason, just a few different things that I don't want to tell you because you'll get hung up on them." Still don't know why 4 years later. He still messages from time to time to hook up, but when I ask him to explain he still refuses. I think it's really weird.
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    EmergencyOriginal982. 1 day ago On hinge the other day I matched with someone talking about Spotify in their profile. I sent a message saying 'what was your song of the year last year?". They told me the name of the song and I admitted I had never heard of it... They then sent 'is that actually some kind of joke?'. I said I genuinely hadn't heard of it and asked who it was by. They then said 'Taylor Swift' and then I got immediately unmatched ahaha
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    trashcat_1 day ago Because I haven't played Overwatch. We're both cosplayers. He loved Overwatch and wanted me to cosplay as Genji because he cosplayed as Hanzo and had this fantasy or something. I told him I have never played OW. He went and found a Genji cosplayer he started having an intimate relationship with behind my back, while still dating me. Well practically it was me who left. But let's say I took the hint. I guess it's alright but the communication was
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    Astramancer_ · 1 day ago I wasn't a jealous wreck. Apparently the fact that I was cool with her hanging out with other male friends, people she was friends with before she even met me, was a red flag. Talk about dodging a bullet! 146 Reply Share
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    fandasti 1 day ago . They said I had bad posture.... 119 Reply Share
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    False Ad636 1 day ago because i was 90 seconds late to a dinner (traffic)
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    IAmDocCock 1 day ago . They told me not to look at their Instagram anymore even though it's a public profile.
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    AriaLuna99 1 day ago He didn't like my feet
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