18 women share their terrible breakup stories.

Dating is rough, but a bad breakup is even rougher.

Especially when you didn't see it coming, or at least expected a little bit of compassion before being cut loose.

With that being said, there are many ways to be brutally dumped by a partner.

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Here are just 16 stories that might make you never want to dip your toe in the dating waters ever again...

Penelope.

"I was dating a guy for a few months, took a really great photo of him and his dog on a weekend away, then a few days later, my friend sent me a screenshot of him using it as his profile pic on Hinge."

Maddie.

"I was dumped in a cinema during the previews. I was 15 years old."

Harrie.

"My friend was dating a guy and one day got a wedding invite, from his long-term fiancée."

Jaslyn.

"My ex ended our 5-year relationship over video call after I told him some bad personal news. Not the most slay way to do it."

Molly.

"My high school boyfriend (after cheating on me with a popular children's entertainer's daughter) told me he had reached a line where on one side it was 'love' and on the other side it was 'like'. He then told me he was now on the 'like' side. He then asked if we could still have sex."

Grace.

"A guy once walked out in the middle of a date. I had no idea where he went. I texted and asked where he went and when he eventually did write back, his reason for leaving was 'I needed to go and buy some furniture from my housemate.'"

Cassie.

"We had a super tumultuous high school relationship, hot and cold, you know the drill. After a month of not talking we both went to an event in the city and proceeded not to talk to each other the entire time. Eventually, he pulled me outside and said he wanted to talk, so we were just sitting on a park bench. He got up and said he'd be right back. So I waited and waited. I texted him, 'Where did you go?' That was the last message I ever sent him. He left me sitting there alone in the middle of the night. I then found out from a friend he moved overseas! Every time I walk past that park bench, I cringe."

Sophia.

"My boyfriend of two years woke up one day and decided we were on 'different paths' and that I was pretty much dragging him down with my 'no ambition' — I had just landed my first professional job and he was unemployed living with his mum."

Talissa.

"My ex dumped me on my 18th birthday, halfway through my birthday party, in front of everyone. I spent the second half of my party crying while everyone sat around quietly not knowing what to do and my parents were like trying to keep a bunch of drunk 18-year-olds occupied — it was wild."

Sophie.

"My boyfriend of five years texted me on the morning we were leaving for an overseas trip to tell me that he cheated on me and that he has Chlamydia. Not fun."

Ilana.

"She pursued me the entire time and then when I decided I liked her, she sent me a very long message about how she wasn't ready for a relationship and accused me of rushing her into it. The worst part is, she started dating someone else a month later. Still makes me feel cruddy."

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Michelle.

"I told him I loved him and he blocked my number."

Mira.

"My boyfriend at the time told me he spent his last $60 on a girl's Only Fans. I reminded him he was supposed to use that money for our movie date and he responded with, 'Yeah... about that...' And then he started laughing because he found breaking up just sooo funny."

Isabella.

"When I was 14 years old, I had a boy break up with me by yelling at me through the bus window that he didn't like me anymore. Not only were my friends and other school kids with me, so were general members of the public."

Olivia.

"We were watching TV together and he bravely admitted that he found the sheer act of watching television so unattractive that he'd managed to fall out of love with me."

Tiana.

"He told me he was in love with me then pointed at me with his friends and called me fat. We were 11 years old, but still! So cruel!"

Tanya.

"My first boyfriend set a small fire in the field behind my house to get me to dump him. When I told him he was an idiot, but didn't end it, he told me it was over because he 'couldn't be with someone who didn't take fire safety seriously.'"

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'I got a wedding invite... from his fiancée.' 16 women on the worst way they've ever been dumped.