The Absolute Worst Thing Someone's Ex Said During A Breakup

These Redditors were kicked while they were down.

​There are Options

"I can have any guy in this room, why would I want to be with you."

– wyoflyboy68

"No, you can f'k every guy in this room. It's different."

– PinceTancredi

Dispensible

"After I financially supported her for three years, I paid the travel expenses for American Idol auditions and one America's Got Talent audition. After I nursed her through her recovery after gastric bypass surgery, she said this,"

"You are worthless and I don't have time for you anymore."

– Elle12881

Actions Hurt The Most

"Abusive relationship for 3 years. Finally had enough and broke up with her after taking her to dinner. She got hostile (again) and I literally f'king ran out the restaurant. The worst was her screaming my name while driving in circles around the casino parking lot, honking the horn. She was not sad. She was angry as f'k."

– chaoticneutraldood

Trust issues were at the heart of these problematic relationships.

Hurting Before Getting Hurt

"Justifying her cheating because she thought I was cheating on her."

"I wasn't."

– TopTurtleWorld

"My girlfriend has been accusing me of cheating the last few months. I’ve been depressed and kind of distant, but I still only want her. My greatest fear in life is this. I don’t know what that says about my relationship and self-esteem but here we are."

– VANY11A

Just Someone She Lived With

"My last ex left me for the person she was cheating on me with, after 3 years together. When she came to get the last of her stuff, she would only talk about how she was worried she'd screwed up things with her new partner, cause he didn't know she was with me at the time. She'd lied to him and just said I was someone she lived with."

"She wasn't even sorry about what she'd done to me, just that it was causing problems with the person she actually cared about. Been hard to feel good about myself since then."

– Cheesus333

These words sting the most.

Oof!

"I wish we never met."

– Skyx10

"I usually get something similar from enemies and my brother"

– thedamned234

Undesireable

"My 2nd two year relationship, 'I feel disgusted when I touch you' that ate at me for a while. Much healthier and happy spot now."

– khadmon

By The Way

"Well, it is better than 'I'm breaking up with you because Im getting married tomorrow, please leave or I'll file a restraining order.' After 5 years in a relationship."

– sam-sung

Father Figure

"You'll never be a great father (before I even had children)."

"No reason why she should have said that except I held off having children with her because she was a heavy smoker and lied about quitting. I am now a father of two in a happy marriage of 9+ years. My kids tell me they love me every night and I spend almost all my money on them making memories, not stuff."

– cubsfanrva79

Consolation Prize

"After 5 and a half years: 'I was just afraid I would end up alone, so I settled for you.' Immediately after the break up she had a new boyfriend."

– kokosnoot32

​Roommates With Benefits

"6 years and she used the same line on me as she did with the guy before me."

"We were just roommates who f'ked for the last 6 months"

"I'd bought us our firat house 3 months before."

"Over a year later and I'm still broken mess."

– accused_throwaway22

There's no way to soften the blow when it's time to breakup with someone–the worst of which happens when it's a unilateral decision.

Although I give compassion points for those who are not hostile during breakups, it doesn't help when they say, "It's not you it's me."

Like, that makes things so much better.

What do you think is the gentlest and honest way to breakup with someone?