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People Break Down The Exact Moment They Realized They Were Dating An Idiot

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Some people are not destined to be friends, and some are absolutely not compatible to date.

But sometimes we don't find that out until we're already dating them, and they reveal a belief they have that we feel is completely ridiculous.


Redditor Ghost7579ox asked:

"When did you realize that you’re dating an idiot?"

Issues with Big Brother

"She refused to pay taxes, have a bank account, or pay for public transit."

"She told me, 'I change my name every few years so they can't find me.'"

"Like, she'd go to the GOVERNMENT and change her name. Legally. So the GOVERNMENT couldn't find her."

"We broke up for other reasons, but this was the first red flag."

- GreasyBud

Enough Said.

"She pre-heats the microwave."

- seanm3109

Parenting Fail

"When I mentioned WW1, and she asked if that was why they called WW2 'THE SECOND WORLD WAR?!'"

"She had no idea there was a first one."

"Her parents also taught her that a guy masturbating and a girl having a period were basically the same thing as abortions. No wonder she was one of 11 siblings."

- plattman1992

Not a Guitar Player

"It was in high school, but I got an acoustic guitar to try to learn. I asked my boyfriend who claimed to have played if he could tune it for me."

"This motherf**ker literally turned it all the tight that the f**king bridge ripped off and then acted like it was a piece of junk."

"It was a cheap guitar but he literally wasn't listening for the notes or anything and just turning away and acting shocked, when even I thought that's exactly what would happen not knowing anything about guitars."

- aoi4eg

Just Slow Down

"The cops regularly put a speed camera on a corner near his house. They have been doing it a couple of times a month for as long as he lived there, and he got caught by it many times."

"He was crying to me (literally) about how unfair the latest fine was and he had no money to pay it, I was fed up and told him to just slow down around that corner."

"I could tell from the look on his face he hadn't even considered that, and he got angry with me for not being sensitive enough."

- quokkafarts

Stick It to the Man

"She skipped going to community college classes to 'stick it to the professor'..."

"I had to explain that she had already paid to be there and the professor wouldn't care or notice."

- griffinman01

Just Checking

"The day I told my girlfriend I think I broke my toe and her solution was to yank on it with all her might."

"It was gout."

- jangasaurus

A Dealbreaker

"She was struggling with money and being able to save. I came home one day and she had a new 40k car in the driveway. She purchased it without even discussing it with me."

"She essentially sentenced herself to have no savings for the next five years when we were trying to save to buy a house together."

- AccomplishedScar6582

Gas Leak Roulette

"The night I said that I thought I smelled gas, and they grabbed a lighter and struck it without hesitation."

- Usr_145

Sonic: The Horror Movie

"My ex was scared of hedgehogs and convinced himself they could jump over a six-foot fence like a cat."

- victoria-euphoria

The Knife Tip of Narcissism

"When I asked her to hand me a kitchen knife and she threw it at me (underhanded, but still)… and that’s not even the stupidest part."

"When I tried to explain the basics of handing someone a knife, or pair of scissors, she refused to accept that what she did was wrong or unsafe… It was suddenly apparent that she couldn’t possibly ever admit to being wrong."

- saucytopcheddar

Advertising's Version of 'Groundhog Day'

"An ex thought that commercials were recorded live, and the people on TV were employed to do them over and over again."

- KibblesNBixtch3s

How the Cookie Crumbles

"She worked for a specialty decorated cookie shop at the mall. Like where you get those dinner plate-sized cookies with 'Get Well Soon' or whatever written in frosting."

"She texted me a picture from work, proudly showing me a cookie she had decorated for a customer. She was legitimately excited to show me her creation. I had not previously seen any of her masterpieces prior to this."

"Not only did the artwork look like a three-year-old's finger painting, but it said, 'CONRADULATINS,' which aside from the obviously bad spelling, she had clearly not even planned out the spacing in her head first, so it said, 'CONRADU,' across the whole cookie, and then, in tiny letters up the side, 'latins.'"

" She thought it came out pretty well. She was about 30 at the time."

"I'll be honest, I broke things off shortly afterwards because of that cookie."

- Asleep_Onion

Pyramid Schemes

"After her third 'business opportunity' turned out to be another pyramid scheme."

"We didn't date long but knew each other for a while before that. I liked her for her 'work hard, get paid' attitude. Turns out the hard work she was doing was costing her waaay more than she made, and didn't realize it."

- Aelerious

"I broke down how pyramid schemes work to this one girl who got sucked into them all the time. Throughout my explaining, she said, 'That sounds like MLM,' like three times. After, we sat in silence. Can't see the forest for the trees comes to mind."

- IRealEWannaSay

Inexperienced with... Weather?

"One night he turned to me and said, 'You're a bit of a scientist' (I was taking biology in high school, he was in college for music). 'Can you explain how I can take frozen yogurt from the freezer, put it in the fridge, and it melts?'"

"I, already concerned, replied, 'Well, the fridge is warmer. It's not cold enough to keep it frozen.'"

"He then asked, 'But it's still cold?'"

"And I had to explain that there are different levels of cold?"

"Somewhere along the way, I said, 'Cold is the absence of heat like darkness is the absence of light,' and he was so mindblown by that."

- marceliiine

Not every relationship is meant to work out, but there are some that are more obviously destined to continue than others.

At least in most of these cases, the person was saved some time because of their partner's knowledge.

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