The dating world puts people into more contact with toxic nice guys and creepy girls than they'd like to have, but sometimes a deal-breaker can come from somewhere else. Sometimes a small detail, one comment, or messed up behavior they display can make you look at someone in a whole different light.
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Anyone who's ever over indulged in some alcoholic beverages can appreciate it's ability to blind the judgement and good senses. Especially when it comes to NOT sending off a barrage of questionable texts to someone you have a crush on. When drunk it might seem like the best idea in the world, but sober up and everything feels doomed.
Don't they say the best revenge is living well? In this case, that revenge was making it seem like they were living well without even having a spare thought for this guy's assy-ness. Didn't think crap that happened in school could have a sequel? You'd be underestimating how petty people can be, and the depth of satisfaction said pettiness can bring.
It can be really easy to like someone if you know absolutely nothing about them. But once someone pulls a big one like being mean to dogs or taking a crap in your sink, it can be easier to see them without rose colored glasses. For some others, here are red flags people ignored because their SO's were so hot.
It's at least good that he didn't stake his whole life on the relationship, but yeah, that's a bit of a flub. It's best to not think about what could have been. These commenters are right though, maybe she was actually the one who dodged a bullet. For a story that might actually be considered too sad, check out this guy who broke his dad's dog's heart all over again.
We don't know where it comes from, but sometimes when you see someone you like, there's a certain, primal urge to impress them in the most idiotic ways possible. It's incredibly stupid, but for a lot of us, if a hot person is walking down the street, our next logical thought is "I bet she'd like to see how high I can jump." Here's a collection of the dumb things people tried, which for the record, sometimes worked.
Cracked writer Daniel Dockery went to twitter to share the time he tried getting a girl's attention by writing a sequel to her favorite movie. The effort was there, but so were time travel and Star Wars references. Things went about as well as the first Titanic.
