Why I was Dumped: 7 Urban Indians Share Their Stories

We get it, break ups are hard. Sometimes you have no choice but to rip out a well-worn band-aid. And sometimes, you’re the one that’s gotten your heart pulled out. We are seven people sharing with us their stories of being dumped.1. For Not Giving a Valentine’s Day Gift...to Boyfriend’s Mother Oindrila’s boyfriend of one year broke up with her for not having sent his mother a Valentine’s Day gift. Yes, you read that right. “I wanted to surprise my now-ex boyfriend in Maharashtra with a cute V-Day gift and shipped one across. However, his mom got really annoyed that I hadn’t sent her one as well. My ex took her side, it became a whole huge stupid thing over a GIFT(!!) and we ended up breaking up. I don’t regret it at all!”2. The Romp and Dump24-year-old Smita* got the shock of her life when her boyfriend broke up with her, right after they’d had sizzling sex. Smita’s roommate tells The Quint: She’d just come back from a visit to her boyfriend in Calcutta and they’d apparently got it on pretty hot and heavy, so she was sitting on the bed and gossiping about all the juicy details. Then she got THE call. He broke up with her within two hours of her coming back! Apparently he’d wanted to break up with her anyway as she was a HUGE drama queen. It’s just weird that he waited after their romp to do it. He said he was ‘being a guy’.3. Too Childish? Good Riddance!“My girlfriend broke up with me over Hot Wheels”, is New Delhi-based Prateek’s (24) simple confession. She always knew I liked anime and Pokemon. Once, we’d gone to Select Citywalk to shop, where there’s this toy store called Hamley’s. I went in to buy some Hot Wheels. Next day I got a text from her saying ‘You’re too childish – I don’t think we should see each other anymore’. Good riddance I say!4. Busy is Code for Wimpy“He said I was distracting him from work because he was constantly thinking about me and hence couldn’t focus on work,” groans Pallavi, 22. Facepalm, anyone?5. The “You’re Not Possessive Enough”“My girlfriend at the time had pointedly told me that she was going to hang out with her ex, who was now her friend. I didn’t mind. What I did mind was her calling me later in the evening accusing me of being ‘unnaturally okay’ with it and ‘not possessive enough’. I was supposed to stop her from meeting her friend to show that I cared!” says a bemused Shibaji, 29.6. That’s Mental, BoyShalini*, 26, had been going out with her boyfriend for 6 months when he suddenly told her he was going back to his ex. “He told me that she was threatening to kill herself with scissors every day, so of course, he had no choice but to get back with her and stop a sucide.” Ever heard of a psychiatrist?7. Thou Must Stand in Kitchen!Adhiraj’s girlfriend of three years broke up with him for a variety of reasons – the most ridiculous of which was that he never stood in the kitchen while she cooked! Funny thing is, I cooked for her more than she did for me, but at the time that we were breaking up, she screamed at me for being inconsiderate enough to sit and watch football matches while she was in the kitchen cooking. I was supposed to have been standing there and staring at her frying onions! How was I to know? If I had, I’d have insisted she do the same when I was cooking for her, and not be watching serials!(*Some names have been changed on request.)

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Why I was Dumped: 7 Urban Indians Share Their Stories

Why I was Dumped: 7 Urban Indians share their stories.

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