Breaking up can be hard. But it's a lot easier to end a toxic relationship when your partner's behavior is unimaginably awful. So next time the person you're dating shows their true, terrible colors, consider it a parting gift. A reminder of why you're about to pack up your stuff and delete their number, forever—or at least until the next time you get drunk and lonely.

People on Reddit are sharing the "final straw" that ended a serious relationship. These 22 people share the moments that made them say "we're over":

1.) From pls_send_sexy_pics:

She told me that I was a "cheap fuck" because I wanted to cook for her instead of taking her to Texas Roadhouse. I was so excited about a new recipe I wanted to try out.

2.) From Noturmothershandle:

I was dying of the flu and asked him to get me some soup. He came back with 1 can of $0.69 soup, venmo requested me for $1 because “money is tight right now”, then bought an $80 bottle of scotch 3 days later on Election Day, and the fucker didn’t vote because he got too drunk.

3.) From AhSouthernHellBelle:

Puked into his hands at the dinner table, and ate it.

4.) From Whatsthematterwithu:

While we were arguing over a stupid thing, she took two knives from the kitchen and started to hone them by grinding them at each other.

5.) From bloodybay:

Boyfriend when i first met him was sweet and full of potential. Towards the end of our relationship, he became toxic, rude, and lazy. He dropped out of college to focus on being a sound cloud rapper. (God how I cringe at my choices.) Him dropping out put me on the fence, and I eventually discovered he was cheating. The final straw you ask? I confronted him about said cheating, and he started FREESTYLE RAPPING to me about how sorry he was mid argument. And it was TERRIBLE. On the bright side, I lost all feelings I had for him dead on the spot and walked away laughing.

6.) From zizabeth:

He got another chick pregnant. Killed it for me.

ETA: the relationship not the baby. Once I posted I thought it sounded bad but then thought hmm that's pretty fucked of you to think. Glad it's not just me.

7.) From Ammisam:

Married 9 years, two kids. He cheated on me at least twice. He confessed the first time, which occurred a week after we got married. I forgave him out of fear of being alone and pregnant. Second time, he didn't confess. He just came up with some wacko excuse. We had two kids by then. Then he was on WestPac. I know full well he cheated on me, gut feeling. But I had no proof. After all that, we continued. I finally woke up and realized that I didn't need him anymore. The straw that broke the camel's back was him threatening to kill my dog. I chose the dog over him.

8.) From FdlMWEI:

She tried to manipulate me by threatening to break up, so the next day when i went to pick her up i dropped off all her shit and ended it right then and there.

9.) From Naynaytacos:

I was having a health episode and since it wasn’t an emergency, I texted him (I figured he was asleep.) my best friend was up with me all night, taking care of me. When I called him in the morning and asked why he did not call or text me in the morning he said “your health isn’t my problem”. And I knew it was over and never could fix that.

10.) From auregeici:

When I was 23, she was a gorgeous 47 year old spanish woman, we had zero problems, we connected so well, every part of our relationship was perfect. Almost 2 years of bliss and heaven together.

Until she said i was too old for her.

And dropped me for a 19 year old.

11.) From FearTheSuit:

Threatened to sleep with my co-workers husband

12.) From numptydumptyPhD:

His brother was rude to me at the table, and I said “I’m not sure I agree with that, let’s leave it there” to which his brother stormed off. I was then banished from the house until I apologised to the father, and all the brothers for “disrespecting” a man in the house. My boyfriend told me I had to do this. Didn’t want to, so he ambushed me on Valentine’s Day (4 months later) for a ‘special night in’ and locked me in a room with his brother until I apologised. I apologised and got the fuck out of that room and relationship

13.) From questionablemotives3:

He stopped trying, I couldn't even remember the last time we went on a real date. All he wanted to do was sit and do nothing. He stopped caring and so did I.

14.) From JMFHE12345:

She couldn't be there for me while my mom was dying of cancer.

15.) From badjuju824:

I dated him for 5 years and he lived with me at the time of the breakup. I forgave him for cheating just a month prior, which I know I shouldn’t have, and I was having a really hard time with trust and everything still (duh). I told him I was going to stay with my mom for a couple days because I was struggling. And he said “which slutty friend put that idea in your head? I know you would never be strong enough to come up with that on your own.” Who says that?!

Yeah...get the fuck out of my house. Now.

16.) From Throwawaydrew54321:

We talked a lot, every day, and he was very outgoing and wanted to know what I was doing that day. He always started with a “good morning” and an inquiry about the day.

Except, I realized early on that if I spent any time with anyone else, the next day I got the silent treatment. I was reaching out, seeking, and barely getting anything all day. It took me about 3-4 months to realize what he was doing. I honestly don’t know that he realized it.

One day, I babysat my neighbor’s kids for an hour and found myself not wanting to tell him because I knew he’d be upset. The next day another friend asked me to watch her kids for an hour, and I did tell him, and did get the silent treatment for watching an infant and a one year old for an hour while my friend got her older child’s haircut.

Later that week, my sister I left and nieces came in and we watched The Crimes of Grindewald at the theater, and my sil asked how things were going and I told her the above, predicting that the next day he would ignore me. He did.

The same thing happened the day after thanksgiving.

The tough thing was that he seemed like such a wonderful guy otherwise, but now that I’m away I realize that he had such a tight grip on me in other ways.

Finally, on a silent treatment day, I didn’t reach out either. His first comment was “why are you so cold today?” But truly, the cold shoulder was his. I encouraged him to read through our texts, and I hadn’t been cold at all, I just hadn’t said much and neither had he. He blew up and demanded to talk right then. I declined because I was watching a movie with my kiddo. He got even madder. He said we had to talk the next day.

That was it for me. I love a cooperative relationship, not a hostage scenario.

The next day, my friend’s baby was hospitalized for RSV and I let him know that not only was I unable to talk because I was helping my friend, but I actually didn’t want to.

17.) From BirdBerella:

When he choked me in a non sexy way.

18.) From Cannanda:

My ex had severe anxiety due to his parents divorce and wouldn’t allow me to hang around guys even in a group. I dealt with it for 3 years because I loved him so much. I ended it after my best friend graduated and I wasn’t allowed to go say goodbye before he left for college. I did it anyways and came back to my boyfriend having the worst panic attack I’ve ever seen.

It’s been 5 years now and we’re still great friends. He just needed help and refused to get it.

19.) From handheldsam:

she told me that whenever we had sex, she imagined she was fucking a dog. also made me watch dog porn

edit: it’s scary how easy it is to find on relatively standard porn sites

edit 2: i’m referring to canine-human sexual relations

20.) From LycanWolfGamer:

Blanking me when my dad died then cheated on me within the same week.. been single ever since

21.) From MPPPPP2019:

Her parents demanded that I bought a house before we could be married. Funny thing is I already owned an apartment but the value (400k) was not quite as much as the value of the house she owned (600k) so I had to get a house of at least even value to even it out. Unfortunately, my ex-gf decided she would side with her parents on this one after I pointed out the absurdity of it.

22.) From avtomat_kosmonavta:

Distance. She moved to Scotland and I'm still here in the eat coast of the US. I was the one who broke it off, and the decision still haunts me.

I don't know how to get her off my mind.

23.) From PuCK2k:

For years, she verbally abused me. Belittled me in front of friends and family, accused me of cheating on her almost daily with anyone and everyone, and often went into fits of rage when I wouldnt agree with her on absolutely everything. Fast forward 6 years. I'm deployed. I had asked her to send me my kindle so I could have something to read when my convoys were stopped and we were waiting around for hours. I only ever used it out on convoys so I never had it connected to wifi. After about 5 or 6 months, I'd read all the books that were on there and I decided to take it to the wifi tent and get a few more. Once I connected to the wifi, a bunch of Facebook messages pinged. She had been using it at home and it was logged into her Facebook. I opened them thinking it was mine cuz I could see 2 of the message threads were from 2 very good friends of mine. I looked at the messages and turns out she had been sleeping with both of them. I couldnt beleive after all the abuse I took, that was how it ended up. I called her, told her I knew and saw the messages, and demanded a divorce.

24.) From kaismama:

He was a narcissistic sociopath who took pleasure in putting me down and playing games. I was so hooked on wanting his affection. He made me feel like absolutely garbage, told me no one would want me, etc

I was forced to hang out with a guy I knew from high school for a few hours one night. He made me feel wanted and needed. We flirted and even cuddled a ton. I wasn’t technically in a relationship with the narcissist any more because he had broken it off weeks prior but I was still trying to win him back. That one night gave me the courage to walk away.

The following day narcissist asked me for to drive him to the store, he had no car and hardly any money. On the way there I told him I was done with him. He went to get out of the car and said “if you’re really done you won’t be out here when I come back out. “ I sat in my car for about 2 mins contemplating, didn’t take long, I drove off and never looked back.

Oh and that guy from high school who saved me by showing me I was wanted, we dated, got engaged after 3 weeks, married 4 months later. We will celebrate our 14th anniversary on the 30th of this month.

25.) From Noturmothershandle:

He fucked my roommate on top of my winter coat

People are sharing the 'final straw' that made them end a serious relationship.