With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, The Telegraph asked: “What is your best break-up story?”

 
“My (ex)girlfriend lived in Australia, so I just stopped answering the phone, and things just worked themselves out.”
- Shaun Elmore
 
 
“I was broken up with via a text message after a full year of
dating.”
 
- Mike Gerhardt

 
 
“She accused me of being a ‘Peter Pan,’ like that was a bad thing.”

- Harris Abernathy
 
 
“I didn’t
know my ex was still married to another woman until I filed for divorce.”
 
- Amy McAteer


 
 
“I had my
new boyfriend call my ex boyfriend.”

- Jennifer London
 

 

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December 18, 2025
Let it snow

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December 18, 2025
Look, but don't take

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December 11, 2025
Big plans

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