Yahoo Lifestyle 18 Of The Wildest Relationship Stories Told In 2024 That Selfishly Bring Me Comfort In My Singlehood
We know 2024 was a wild year for several reasons, especially for those who might've had relationship troubles. Maybe this was the year you finally cut off your toxic situationship or ended things with your significant other that was long overdue. I know personally I went through my fair share with my previous relationship that ended a few months ago, and I found solace in so many other people sharing their relationship woes.
So, to round out the year, I decided to put together some of the wildest, strangest, and possibly saddest relationship stories that caused people to be single or reevaluate their relationships in 2024. Here are the stories I couldn't stop thinking about:
1."She crawled through my doggie door at 1:30 a.m., went through my phone, and then asked me why I was talking to another woman. Oh, I forgot to mention that I'd broken up with her a month earlier. We were not in a relationship when she pulled that stunt."
2."She posted crap on social media every single time we fought. At first, it was always something indirectly about when she was feeling blue, then it escalated into mentioning me several times. There was this one time when we were fighting that she decided to insult me on her Facebook post, and I decided that was it."
3."My son hid my phone so I picked up my husband's (who was sleeping) so I could try to call my phone from his phone. I found that he fell asleep mid-text message of 'I love you' to a girl he worked with. Then spent over an hour reading three months worth of cheating. It continued for another five months after I found out."
—Anonymous
4."My ex-husband and I had amazing sexual chemistry when we got together initially. We dated for a year and a half before we eloped, and almost a year later, I was pregnant. It was a hard pregnancy for me physically. Unfortunately, I experienced some complications during labor (of my beautiful 10lb 10oz baby) that resulted in damage to my pelvic floor. My OBGYN (former) was not very helpful, so it took over four years for me to learn that I had interstitial cystitis. During that time, sex was incredibly painful, like sharp knives were stabbing me in my stomach and pelvis."
"Eventually, even the thought of being intimate would make me anxious, which only made me more tense and made things worse. I remember feeling like my body and my womanhood was betraying me.
Rather than being my support during this time, my ex-husband began to withdraw. He spent much time at work and with his friends and was very disconnected from our baby. He even asked one doctor if this was 'all in my head.' I understand he must have been frustrated — I was too — but it seemed like he just blamed and resented me for this issue. I ended up going to physical therapy to address the pelvic floor pain, but by then, it was too late, and we filed for divorce before we were ever intimate again. I really loved my ex-husband, but I’m still sad that, ultimately, sex (or lack thereof) is what broke us apart."
—Anonymous
5."My ex uninvited me from our family vacation and took his mother instead. He didn't call or message me the whole time, not even a check-in about our kids. I asked for a divorce the following week and he's still shocked as to why."
6."My ex and I were together for four years, and we were engaged for two of those years. But after a year and a half, I moved in with her. The sex started to fizzle out. It got so bad that she wouldn’t even let me give her a hug around the waist. She was much taller than me so that’s where my arms naturally fell, but she would slide her arms inside mine and push them apart. I couldn’t spoon her and put my arm around her, she didn’t want to spoon me, I couldn’t touch her at all because she was so uncomfortable in her own skin. I have a very high sex drive, and I always have, so it’s something that we talked about, and she even started using a testosterone analgesic to up her sex drive. But she still wouldn’t let me touch her at all because she had such severe body dysmorphia. That was more than ten years ago."
"Now, he has completely transitioned from female to male. He is married to a woman who was his coworker at the time, and they have adopted two children. I have no idea if his sex drive changed once he fully transitioned gender identities, but I guess that had been the problem all along. In every other way, this was the greatest relationship I have ever been in. He understood me on a level no one else had before or had since. But intimacy differentiates between a friend and a partner, a couple, or a significant other. And without that intimacy, I couldn’t stay in the relationship, no matter how good everything else was. I still wonder if I made a mistake by leaving."
—Anonymous
7."I got praise from work and he couldn't be happy for me. When I asked him why he said because he doesn't 'celebrate mediocrity.'"
8."He would block me on everything out of the blue. We were trying to work through our issues and when I thought that things were going well, I’d find that I’m blocked and unable to message him. He’d unblock me whenever he felt like it and act as if nothing had happened, then he’d block me again when he was being entertained by his side piece."
9."The moment I had to 'adjust' my boundaries, I knew I was with the wrong guy. The worst happened last year when, after being together for 11 years, he chose to cheat with my niece, who just turned 18 (I’m 30, btw). It’s not the first time he cheated too. It just kept getting worse from there. With all the gaslighting and psychological trauma and abuse, I’d never wish that on anyone, not even his mistresses. I wish our country had divorce (we’re in the Philippines). We’re still together."
10."He wanted to start and drive. Never did he heat up the engine before driving. Sometimes, it was fun and interesting, but he was usually drunk. He also had premature ejaculation, so he was done in three to five minutes and never worried if I was fine or satisfied. He would turn over or go clean up, come back, and fall asleep. I tried talking to him, but he responded that it was sensitive. I agree, but this won't work for long if I don’t tell you what I want or need. Needless to say, he was selfish in other issues, so we are no longer together, but his selfishness in bed played a large part in our relationship being done."
—Fany, 40
11."He was polyamorous — literally dating other people — but got super upset and jealous when I would hug my friends."
12."There was a lot of crap, but this was the final straw. I locked the door before going to bed one night when he was out late with friends. He had lost his house key and never bothered to mention it, which was somehow my fault. He woke me up by banging on the window, and when I let him in, he began screaming and throwing things at me. He told me to pack up my stuff and leave and locked me out of our bedroom. I slept on the couch. The next morning, he acted completely normal, as if nothing had happened. I was gone that day because I no longer felt safe."
13."My now ex-wife started an argument with me one morning when I was headed to the funeral of a childhood friend. I asked if she could not do this right now. Her response was, 'Oh, poor you.' That was the beginning of the end."
14."My ex-boyfriend was angry his mom had woken him up at 10 a.m. via phone call. So after the call, he punched a hole in his door, threw his phone at the window, woke me up forcefully, and yelled at me to buy a new door so his parents wouldn’t kick him out."
15."I knew after the first time my wife and I had sex. Her response was to go ahead because I know you want to, and at this point, I was already in love with her, so I was just happy that she allowed me to have her when, in reality, it was a big red flag. Our future sex life depended on what I could do financially. She was never a willing partner but did it to make me happy. The final straw for me was when she told me I was too small and I needed to learn how to use it, and after 22 years (yes, I was blinded with love), I started having an affair to satisfy my needs and feel like a man again as she always told me she was 'dead' down there. She knew from the beginning our physical relationship was very important to me."
—Bill
16."My ex of eight years couldn't step up when I found out I'd struggle to have kids. I remember the pain of it to this day. He was a wonderful partner, my best friend, there was no one I cared about or loved more in this world but realizing I was carrying this alone was a deal breaker for me."
"I couldn't look at him the same, knowing how lonely and empty he made me feel in those first few weeks. He didn't have any suggestions or any initiative to take the lead and let me process the news. I was trying to convince him to step up, give me his thoughts on the situation, and tell me what he wanted when I was trying to process what I wanted from all this and what I'd lost.
I realized in those moments I deserved better. If I were carrying this weight alone with someone I'd dedicated this many years of my life to, I might as well be alone until I found someone who would carry it with me and know what they wanted so I could tell them if my medical issues will be an issue for their future goals with family making, etc.
We are still friends, and I'll probably always love him. But I know I'd be happier doing this alone or deserve someone who can support me."
17."I was in a five-year relationship with this guy who was psychologically abusive. One year, my sister-in-law was having pregnancy complications, so my family decided to go to their house for Christmas so she didn't have to travel the five hours to get to us. I told my boyfriend and he said, 'Well, obviously you're not going.' Turns out that not getting to see my family on Christmas was just the push I needed."
18."He never introduced me to his friends. He would actively avoid being seen with me by people he knew. I pretty quickly asked him what was his problem. His answer was that I needed to change my appearance because he didn't want people seeing him date a weird goth chick. Dumped him right then and there."
Do you have a wild relationship story from this year to share? If so, share it with me in the comments below!
