I thought my dating life was a dumpster fire, but these people are out here getting dumped via a Reply All email to their entire friend group. I mean, the audacity! If you think getting ghosted is bad, try being left on a literal mountain because your boyfriend found a girl with ribbons. These worst ways people have been dumped make my toxic exes look like saints. It is messy, it is cathartic, and it is exactly why I stay single. Let us judge the

Worst ways people have been dumped

The level of over-communication in some of these breakup stories is honestly a crime. Imagine being CCed on a numbered email listing every reason your relationship failed. That is not a breakup; that is a performance review you didn’t ask for. And the girl using her iPad to write a message on FaceTime while her partner just watches? That is some high-definition cruelty right there. We see relationship drama that looks like it was written by a soap opera writer on a bender. Who dumps someone at a waterfall and then steals their arm? That is a main character villain move if I have ever seen one. Then you have the guy who slept with a mom as revenge for an affair. It is all just one big, sticky mess of toxic exes and bad decisions. I have to give a special shout-out to the person who chose the exact moment their partner was stranded at an airport to drop the missing something bomb. That is a level of calculated pettiness that I almost have to respect. It is just one red flag after another, from fridge notes about marriage paperwork to being abandoned for a girl with ribbons on a mountain slope. It makes me want to delete every dating app and move into a cave.

The text message breakups are classic, but getting dumped while the police are dragging your man away after he broke a glass door? That is a story you tell at a bar for the rest of your life. It is the bad timing hall of fame for a reason. We are all just out here trying to find love, but these people found a way to turn a breakup into a theatrical event. It is cringe-worthy yet totally cathartic to know that your life is slightly less chaotic than these screenshots.

If you need a reminder that you are doing okay, go check out some single life memes or maybe some funny dating fails to laugh at the struggle. You might also enjoy some revenge stories or even some toxic relationship red flags to help you spot the villains early. At least your ex didn’t steal your arm.