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Reddit user Kenybrown asked: 'What’s the reason you left your ex?'

Ending a relationship is never easy.

In several cases, the reasons for doing so might also be unexpected.

More often than not, it simply becomes apparent to both members of the couple that the relationship has simply run its course, and there is no future.

Other times, however, there might be an inciting incident that made staying in the relationship no longer tenable.

Possibly a surprising act by one member of the couple, or a longstanding secret that was finally unearthed.


Redditor Kenybrown was curious to learn why people made the decision to leave their partners and end their relationships, leading them to ask:
"What’s the reason you left your ex?"

Money Mismanagement

"Lied about business finances."

"Discovered 95k of personal credit card debt used to fake its success."-

Distinguished Spark

"Lived more like roommates than lovers."- ojyelims·

Infidelity

"She got pregnant by another man, tried to pass it off as mine, I called BS, was right, and somehow *I'm* the every other weekend parent to our 2 kids."- disturbednadir·

"Caught with her ex in my house."- Working-Field-1568

"He cheated on me and then insisted on having me back."

"Dumba** me said yes but after more months of his lies and him not taking any accountability for his actions I left."- Hekatevenstar

Unhappy Change

"Realized that I came into the relationship with everything, and after 5 years together, realized I had nothing."

"Lost all my self-confidence, sense of who I was, all my friends, all my money, and all hope for the future."- FoxsNetwork

You Could Hear It

"When you can hear the lack of emotion in your own voice, you know you’ve gone too far to come back."

"That’s when it happened for me."

"I heard me give up."- SanguineSuprises

Enough Was Enough

"I was tired of crying all the time."- Sexyseculargoddess69

One Sided Relationship

"Narcissism is not easy to live with."- CrimsonCamellia13

"I supported him through everything he couldn’t support me when I needed him."

"I realized that he’s completely useless to me because I still feel alone while in the relationship."

"My life is much nicer now."- Pleasant_Lemon6687

Ultimatum

"She said that it was her or my daughter."

"She will not be second to a child."

"I didn’t even say good by just got up and walked away."- SGT-Hooves

Ulterior Motives

"She had a sugar daddy."

"Two years later he went to prison for embezzling (Failure to pay) state taxes collected from his employees."

"Justice!"- BabyEagle9mm

It's always noble to try and make a relationship work.

Sometimes, however, a relationship can be truly broken beyond compare, and there is simply no saving it.

And should your health and safety be at risk, it's unwise to even put in the effort.

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