40+ Shocking Reasons for People Breaking Up with Their Partners

This article appeared in thefashionball.com and has been published here with permission.

Going out with someone is just like a rollercoaster ride. No matter how much time you put into understanding your partner, the fact remains that you might not know them as well as you expect. Once in a while, you might find out information about the person you're seeing that makes you feel uneasy. From bizarre routines to bad hygiene, folks went to Reddit to spill the details about the odd reasons behind their breakups with their ex-partners. You will definitely see your other half differently after this.

Pardon My French

U/LookMaNoPride was saying, "She'd stand in front of her mirror at home, chatting away to herself in French, or what she thought was French. Then, she'd do the same thing when she was out at restaurants. She seemed to think it made her sound - I don't know - attractive, perhaps? That's not the weird part, though. She didn't have any knowledge of the French language, not even a single word. Neither did she have any interest in learning it, either. She would just blabber nonsense words that sounded KINDA like French.

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She was a mature woman, in her late 20s. She had a college education and a steady job. Around two months into our relationship, she began performing this quirky routine that made me cringe. I'm somewhat familiar with a couple of French phrases thanks to a foreign classmate who taught me how to say 'I love a lobster' and other strange phrases which we found amusing during our laid-back sessions. I offered to pass on this knowledge to her, but she declined. She expressed that she didn't have the desire to learn the language. Her only interest was to pretend that she was fluent in French."

Baby or Bust

So, we ended up at a screening of one of the Avengers films...he was talking and asking questions during the movie, which, honestly, wasn't a big problem. But then, out of the blue, he leans over and says he feels really comfortable with me. He tells me he wants to know if I'd be cool with him wearing a diaper. (That was a solid no from me). Not exactly the kind of topic I wanted to get into in a movie theater, to be honest. To cool things down, I tried to steer the conversation back to the movie we were supposed to be watching.

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Once it all ends, I'm making a beeline straight for my vehicle, informing him that I need to rush home and assist my buddy. He takes my hand, pulls me into a hug, and utters, 'I think I'm falling in love with you.' As a response, I manage to say 'thanks', quickly jump into my vehicle and bolt away from that spot. I send him a text message letting him know that we are not a suitable fit for each other and then I blocked him.

No Fridge? No Problem

Instead of putting his food leftovers in the refrigerator like most people do, he just leaves them on the floor of his bedroom overnight. When he gets up the next day, he just picks up these leftovers from the floor and that's his breakfast for the day.

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There was this one instance when he decided to cook pasta for us so he made a large bowl of it. He stated casually that we should have it together. I didn't argue and put a TV show on my laptop for us to watch while we ate. After we were done, we noticed that almost half of the pasta was left. Instead of putting the leftovers in the fridge like a normal person, he kept it on the floor and covered it with a pillow! This same grimy pillow was his idea of 'guarding' the food from harm. I'm still annoyed thinking about it.

Got Mayonnaise?

"U/GreatDank: Our mutual friend introduced us and we decided to meet at the shopping center. We strolled around for a while, getting to know each other better. When we started to get hungry, we grabbed some waffle fries from Chick FIL A. She ordered some mayonnaise packets, and then, to my surprise, she asked for another bunch of them.

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As soon as we began our meal, all of a sudden she grabs a single packet, pours everything on a lone fry, then took another, and spread half of it on that same fry before gobbling it up. Speaking of which, she had cats and unfortunately, I have quite a serious allergy to them."