β€œMy ex-husband cheated a couple of months after we got married with his high school sweetheart and my cousin.”

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Warning: This post contains mentions of abuse.

Note: Some responses were pulled from this Reddit thread byΒ u/LittleFuzzyThings.

"He would say really rude things about my friends and talk about them, belittling them, then drink all day and play video games. I realized the relationship wasn't healthy anyway. So, good riddance!"

"I wasn't thinking and took him back for a few more months, but I'd finally had enough. I divorced him. A year later, he and his drug-dealing friends were killed by a drunk driver. Ironic as they were coming from a bar, probably under the influence themselves. A friend of his told me that he cheated on me a lot. I'm happily married now to the sweetest man for 32 years, with our two children."

"After a few more arguments (mad at me because of something in her dreams, mad because I didn't remind her to bring an umbrella, etc.),Β I had to call it quits. I can't stay with someone who constantly blames me for their own problems. Luckily, we had no kids, and I got back everything I brought into the marriage."

"The divorce was finalized in January. She married some dude that her sister was friends with, and she met on that trip I was unable to attend, this September. Life is wild, sometimes."

"Apparently, my dad's new bride had the gall to ask my dad to leave everything to her in the will, and write my brother and me out. Only then did he realize she was in it for the money. The next day, he had the marriage annulled. Someday, I would like to know what it's like to fall so completely for someone that I don't recognize they are taking advantage of me. Must feel good for that instant before it all comes crashing down."

"The only thing that bothers me to this day is that I had a chance after Vietnam to get out two years early, and she talked me out of it. Four months after signing to stay in, she filed for divorce, and I had to serve two more years. Do I think it might have worked if I had gotten out? Possibly. However, I found a great woman four years later and got married. We're celebrating 44 years, and have two children. My ex married a year later, got divorced, and is now married a third time. I hope she is happy, but I really don't think about the what-ifs."

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.

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