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 aremanyways to be brutally dumped by a partner.

Watch MM Confessions: The worst excuse we've used for a breakup. Post continues after video.

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.

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