The Most Expensive Breakup

A guy I worked with was in a long-distance relationship with a girl he had never met in person. After months of talking, she suddenly announced she could finally fly out to meet him in a month.

The problem? He hadn’t exactly been honest about his living situation. He was still living in his parents’ basement. In a panic, he rushed to get his own apartment.

Not stopping there, he went to a furniture rental store and leased an entire apartment’s worth of furniture—couches, tables, a dining set, a full bedroom suite, a TV. Everything. If you don’t know, rental furniture gets expensive fast.

Finally, she arrived. They went to his beautifully furnished apartment… and that’s when she told him they should break up.

She explained that she didn’t want to do it over text and felt it was only fair to meet him at least once. She stayed for just one night before getting on a plane the next day. As it turned out, her stop in his city was just an extended layover—she was on her way to Europe to tour with friends.

She slept in the rental bed. Then he slept on the rental couch. The next morning, he drove her to the airport in his rental car.

I don’t know how many thousands of dollars he spent on that one breakup date, but man… what a waste.”