THE WINNER
My boyfriend of three years proposed with the same ring he’d given his ex-fiancée, without resizing it. I should have said no! Eventually I saw the writing on the wall, but before I could dump him, he dumped me in a note he left at my office. He didn’t even waste a stamp. —K.E.
THE RUNNER-UP
Oh, where to begin in my sad past of crappy boyfriends? I’ll sum up the first one simply with his breakup line: “I don’t have time for a relationship right now. I’ll call you back after deer season.” —Jennifer
Another reason to never date a guy that smokes!
My ex and I were engaged, we lived together, and my children were very close to him. One late night after a party, he left the apartment to get a pack of cigarettes. It wasn’t an uncommon thing for him to do, but when he wasn’t back by 4:00 A.M., I got worried and called. His phone was off. The next day he called to tell me it was over. He left everything he owned in our house and never came back again. —Michelle
He made me a practical joke!
My ex-boyfriend and I had been dating for six months. One day, out of nowhere, he told me he had a girlfriend. When I started to cry, he told me I was overreacting. I was furious!
Then he told me he was just kidding and he really loved me. I believed him. The next week I went to visit him at his house. When I rang the doorbell he opened the door and gave me a kiss. There was a girl sitting on the couch that I’d never seen before. He walked over to her, gave her a kiss, and said “Hi, Julie. Meet my girlfriend.” They both started laughing. I found out later from him that he wanted just to do that for fun to twist my heart and play with it. I was really upset, but don’t worry, I found out a way to get him back. —Julie
He married someone else—before he broke up with me!
I met Adam online. When we finally met in person a few months later, I fell in love with him. We dated for nine months. He was even my first. I thought things were going quite well, when he announced, out of the blue, that he was moving back to his hometown. I was sad, but I didn’t think we needed to break up because the town was only two hours away. When I said so, he confessed that he was moving home to get back with his ex. Then I found their wedding announcement online. The wedding date had already passed. He’d been married a month before he broke up with me! —Victoria
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