Petty Reasons People Ended Their Hookups
Recently, redditor muriuki_ wanted to know about those little reasons people called it off with someone they were seeing when they asked: "What's the pettiest reason you stopped hooking up with someone?"
The thread got thousands of responses. Below are the top and best "petty" reasons people said they broke things off:
"She got mad that I never viewed her Stories. I barely used Instagram, not even on it anymore, not my thing."
—Vivid_Potato_6544
"She had this silly oversized beret that I thought was an occasional fashion choice, but turned out to be a personality piece she wore: All. The. Time."
—t33znuts
"He has his last name tattooed across his back!"
—Silver-Interest-915
"She got mad that I got into a car accident and ended up in the hospital while on the way to her house. I had emergency surgery and woke up to some crazy ass texts. Never saw her again, darn… lmao."
—Xplosionsauce13
"Never said thanks to anyone for anything."
—Different-Class1771
"Chewed way too loud."
—shadrack57
"A girl I dated briefly… she was super cute, but on our first date, she talked about shoes for three hours. We hooked up, and I think that was the only time she didn't mention anything about shoes. I thought she was nervous, so I booked our second date. Fifteen minutes into our date, she began talking about how amazing the shoes someone had in front of me were. I turned around and told her things weren't going to work out. Never looked back."
—rodrigoelp
"She littered."
—Technical-Fishing-43
"He gave me rotten eggs from his farm. All 12 dozen! I didn't buy eggs because he SAID HE WOULD GIVE ME SOME!"
—Worried-Mission-4143
"So he wasn't a horrible kisser, but kissing him was horrible. His tongue had such a strange texture, like a large slick slug… I almost can't explain it. I've kissed my share of people, and I've never experienced that before. I couldn't handle it and started avoiding kissing him, and I remember at one point he angrily said, 'I thought you said you love kissing!!!' Had to end it."
—dreamingmuse
"She ruined the ending for The X-Files for me."
—callum0510
"He couldn't be bothered to bring his empty soda cans to the kitchen trash, but could get up and walk to the same kitchen to get another soda. He wanted to live together, but couldn't keep his house clean."
—Cherokeerayne
"She thought the drive-in theater was 'stupid.'"
—Specialist_Shift_916
"He turned the lights off in the room to 'get in the zone,' and his partially lit face looked kinda rat-like, so I lost interest."
—custardosaurus
"He always peed on my toilet and around it!!! I was so mad, finally I showed him, like WTF! I made him clean it and now he is just somebody I used to know…blah."
—Fatale_Morale
"He wouldn't stfu whenever I put a show on TV."
—bikinifetish
"Bro farted like fucking constantly. My mom told me when I was really young that she once broke up with someone because he farted a lot. I thought it was ludicrous and surely an overdramatic reaction. Absolutely not, my mom knew. Seriously tho, dude ate T-Bell for every goddamn meal and proceeded to basically shit his pants all day."
—ForsakenFactor4913
"We went to the movies, and she would constantly ask me questions and make comments throughout. Needless to say, I never had to worry about hearing her talk to me again after that night."
—IWantSnack642
"Baby talk. I hate baby talk. I'm an adult. Speak to me like an adult. If we're in the moment, the last thing I ever want to hear is the infantilization of your fuck me voice. Ew. I absolutely love redheads, and she was possibly the hottest one I had ever been with. Still, baby talk. I cannot do baby talk."
—ChavoDemierda
"She would eat my little son's Uncrustables and drink all his apple juice."
—Key-Objective-7381
"I was so unbelievably tired, all I wanted to do in the morning was sleep in. But he kept calling and pestering me at like 7 a.m. to meet his parents. So I texted him that it's over, turned my phone off, and went back to sleep. No regrets."
—Uninspired_Hat
"I literally hated talking to him in any capacity. Also, too much muscle, but he was lean, so his body was like a rock. Went camping once and he didn't bring enough pillows, but was like, 'You can lie on my chest.' He fell asleep and started snoring like a lawnmower. I just laid my head on the ground. It was softer and quieter."
—G-3ng4r
"His head was big when I grabbed it to play with his hair, I imagined Grunkle Stan from Gravity Falls or the old dude from Up 😔."
—NeighborhoodCivil342
"I started a new job as a teacher, and he said, 'I feel sorry for your students.' Never spoke to him again."
—question_girl617
And lastly, "I got a new phone and was shopping for a case. I wanted to get a silly one (it had Carlton from Fresh Prince doing his dance). She saw it and said I should get something sensible. I realised I was dating someone who didn't share my sense of whimsy and fun. I broke up with her the next day."
—HiThisIsMichael
You can read the original thread on Reddit.
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