In reverse order, from most to least obvious, these are EXCELLENT reasons to dump someone regardless of any other extenuating circumstances (with additional notes to highlight the less obvious):

10. Cheating- if the person you are with does not respect you enough to not cheat on you, what are you doing with them?

9. Any kind of physical abuse (biting, hitting, scratching) whatsoever- abusers never change and will only escalate their behavior

8. Disparaging or insulting you in anyway about your abilities or physical characteristics- verbal abusers will inevitably become physical abusers

7. Refusing to introduce you to anyone, i.e friends or family- either they are a) loners, who don’t associate with anyone, b) are embarrassed about you or c) displaying classic abuser traits of isolating you from others

6. Refusing to end relations or communication with exes who either a) they broke up with less than a year ago or b) have been communicating within the past 6 months- it takes a LONG time to get over a relationship, and if your lover is maintaining any sort of communication with a recent ex, they still have feelings for them, and if they refuse to cut contact then they value that relationship over yours so dump them IMMEDIATELY

5. Anyone who talks lowly about your or criticizes you behind your back to friends and family- it’s hard enough to make it in this world without someone who supposedly loves you poisoning other people’s opinions of you

4. Anyone who refuses to change dangerous and unhealthy habits such as smoking, drugs or speeding at 100mph under the guise of “not wanting to be controlled”- these people are immature and don’t realize the sacrifice and compromise a relationship takes, if it is more important for them to harm themselves and you as well as aggravate your concerns than have a happy relationship with you, then DUMP them

3. Anyone who constantly forgets dates and appointments and things that are important to you should be DUMPED- why waste your energy on someone who is a flake? They will never change. It’s just as easy to fall in love with a non-flake.

2. Anyone who dumps you or threatens to dump you, should be DUMPED- never be with someone who doesn’t want to be with you, you are only setting yourself up for misery.

1. If they dump you and want to come back, take them back just to dump them back once and for all- ok, this is a joke, refer back to #2, never take someone back who didn’t want to be with you. What’s to stop them from leaving again?