"My husband started slobbering into my mouth when he kissed me. I asked him to stop but he didn't. Eventually, I became completely turned off."
"After a year of therapy, our marriage counselor recommended we set a time to sit and talk about the issues we struggled with to see if we could resolve at least one. We were told to write out the boundaries we didn't want the other to cross during that conversation, to which we both agreed. Within three minutes of starting the conversation, he walked over my boundaries. Fifteen minutes later, we were done."
"I asked her if she cared about herself, and she said no. I told her I can't be with someone who doesn't care about themselves, and that was that. There were other reasons, but hearing that killed me and our relationship in a way I can't describe."
People recounted specific incidents that served as the final straw ending relationships. Examples include persistent disrespect during intimate moments, blatant boundary violations during therapeutic conversations, and acknowledgments of self-neglect that eroded partners' faith in the relationship. Some breakups followed repeated, small indignities that compounded until attraction and trust were gone. Other breakups stemmed from a single revealing moment that made continuation impossible. Emotional safety, mutual respect, and self-care emerged as recurring factors in decisions to end relationships. Financial strain and living-arrangement stress were also mentioned as contributing pressures.
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