Toxic Girlfriend Behavior: Addressing Harmful Actions In Romantic Relationships

By: Kate Row | Last updated: Oct 26, 2023

Unfortunately, there are a lot of toxic relationships out there. People are complicated and this can make relationships difficult to navigate! Everyone is on guard looking out for those red flags that most of us are sadly familiar with. 

We’ve gathered this list of “toxic girlfriend behaviors” that you may or may not be able to relate to. Let us help you learn from other people’s mistakes so you can save yourself the headache. Without further ado…

Mind Read!

Apparently this woman thinks that her boyfriend should be a mind reader and if he’s not, he’s useless. This is some absolutely crazy toxic behavior. Poor guy cannot win and he’s being set up to fail!

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Lots of us have been in this situation where our partner says they’re not hungry but then they steal all your food. We hope this guy got out while he could.

Jealous of a Cat

Jealousy can kill a relationship. Being jealous of a man’s pet is just plain weird and absolutely absurd. You would think that a man that treats his pets well would be a green flag. But, he just can’t seem to win!

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Apparently he likes his cat too much, and that’s a problem for her! She is even considering asking him to get rid of it. At least the commentators on this post are trying to talk her off the ledge and lead her in the right direction.

Notice Me

We hate to be the ones to break it to this girl, but the world doesn’t revolve around her. Maybe, just maybe, people go to the gym to workout, not to notice her. She must be confused on what a gym is really for.

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It’s not a fashion contest, nor is it the place to go to pick people up. She’s setting herself up to be disappointed if it upsets her that people focus on their workout in a gym. Come join us in reality, my friend!

Pizza When You Want Steak

This woman might have some of the highest expectations that I’ve ever seen. Not to mention, they’re completely unrealistic. We’re glad this commenter is putting things into perspective for her.

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Do we think she knows how ridiculous this sounds? I guess she loves the chase, but this doesn’t seem like a good strategy to keep these boys around.

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This is definitely not the first girl to get annoyed with her boyfriend for playing too many video games. But this reaction is a little psycho. Lucky for her, we’re sure he won’t ignore her anymore.

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Because he will be busy breaking up with her! This drama queen will have plenty of time on her hands to think about her actions and hopefully learn from them. This is a quick and easy way to end up single.

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All 60 Personalities

This girl is obviously very worried about her boyfriend having friends that are girls. Lucky for him, he can get the best of all worlds with her because of her many personalities. 

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Who needs friends when your girl is 60 girls in one? We hope she’s joking because not letting your significant other have friends is very toxic. It’s not the way to maintain a healthy relationship!

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Overdoing it With the Smiley Face

Here we have a perfect example of hypocrisy mixed with straight up crazy behavior. This woman apparently can’t handle this man sending her a smiley face because it is too flirty. Yet, she is able to send him tons of “heart eye” emojis and it’s no problem?

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Seems like a bit of a double standard going on here. We hope this guy blocked the girl before things got even crazier because this is the kind of behavior that can turn even more scary super quick!

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0 to 100 Real Quick

It’s scary how quickly people can switch up. This conversation and this girl both seemed totally normal until things took a turn for the crazy train. Simply put, she went from 0 to 100 real quick.

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The craziest thing is that she wasn’t even rejected. The poor guy was happy to go on a date but he just wanted to wait until his leg healed. That seems perfectly reasonable to us! But, apparently it was not acceptable to her and she switched up fast.

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No Means “Surprise Me”?

This girl took to twitter to see if she could gather some support for this wild claim from other toxic girlfriends. We hope some people were honest with her about the fact that this is straight up crazy behavior.

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I thought “no” meant ”no” but apparently there is a new definition where “no” means “surprise me”. Is there a special dictionary I need to learn these new meanings? Maybe she should try actually saying what she means? Or is that too normal?

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Blocking is For the Girls

This guy probably had the right idea in blocking this girl, but he gave in too soon when she called to tell him to unblock her. It seems odd that she would go through all this trouble just to be the one to block him in the end.

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I guess the act of blocking someone on social media is for girls only? Either way, he should be happy to be rid of this crazy toxicity in his life. No one needs this kind of headache.

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Chocolates or Necklaces

This might be the first time that I’ve seen someone upset because their boyfriend got them chocolates and a card. In most circles this would be considered sweet and thoughtful, especially on a romantic day like Valentine’s Day!

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But, I suppose he should have gotten his hands on that “crazy girl dictionary” and then he would know that what she really wanted was jewelry. How do people take girlfriends like this seriously?

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Toxic Girlfriends Take Tik Tok

It seems that no place on the internet is safe from toxic girlfriends. The term has taken over tik tok trends. Lots of people have shared their personal experiences with toxic girlfriends, as toxic girlfriends themselves, and more.

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Now, people’s toxic girlfriend stories are being shared more than ever, and some toxic behaviors are being recorded and shared with the entire internet.

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When Your Boyfriend Interrupts

This meme makes us laugh but unfortunately, there are real people out there that actually feel this way. Has anyone ever heard of breaking up with their partner before talking to someone else?

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If someone else makes you smile more, you don’t have to stay! If you do, you are the bad guy. Sadly, there are people out there that do this kind of thing to their partners although we wish there weren’t.

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Stalker

This is another example of someone taking things way too far. She’s spending way too much time thinking about this situation. Who cares if he denied your friend request? Maybe she’s not as interesting as she thinks she is.

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Now we’re worried for this man who will have no idea that this woman is going to ambush him at work. We wish we could warn him! Hopefully someone talked her out of this crazy plan before she embarrassed herself and the man at his place of work.

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Starting Fights

This is one of those intrusive thoughts that should have stayed in her brain and never been put on the internet. If she’s happy in the relationship we can’t imagine why she would want to purposely start a fight and ruin the whole thing.

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Some people actually like to fight, but this is truly crazy. Accusing someone of cheating when you know that you planted the evidence is actually wild and we’re scared for anyone in a relationship with the kind of person who would do something like this.

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Turning Around For Foolishness

We have to admit this one made us laugh. And we think this was a tweet made in good fun. But if not, it is definitely a little crazy. We have to wonder, how do you choose a cologne that matches your face?

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That’s a pretty tall order. We think what she’s trying to say here is that some guys smell good but aren’t as attractive as the cologne is. It’s better than someone smelling bad, right?

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She’s the Prize (And She Knows it)

We’re all for confidence and reminding yourself that anyone would be lucky to have you, but this is taking confidence to a toxic level of conceit that we can’t get behind. I find that people who are truly amazing don’t need to spend time going around telling people how amazing they are.

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It looks like this was her dating profile so she’s not starting out very strong here. If she’s so fine with being single we’re not sure why she’s on a dating app in the first place. To each their own, I guess.

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How Will You Deal With This?

This is a pretty crazy opening line. Can you imagine sitting down for a date with someone and this is what they start with? It’s not the best way to start. Also, referring to yourself as a “girl boss” unironically is pretty cringey as well.

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Again, this girl obviously doesn’t know where the line is between confidence and cockiness. We don’t think she’ll be attracting high value people with this attitude but maybe it’s working for her.

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Run!

This guy better get out while he still can! If this girl is idolizing the Gone Girl story then we are very concerned for his safety. If you haven’t seen the movie, go watch it and you’’ understand our concern.

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And if she’s willing to go to such extremes over something this small, that makes us extra scared for him! We hope he’ll make it out of this one alive.

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Straight to Insults

This is a tale as old as time. Someone gets rejected so they go straight to insults. No one likes to be rejected but this response is clearly from someone whose feelings were very hurt. We don’t know where the narcissist thing came from.

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Maybe it’s a projection? It’s laughable that she thinks people that are verified are a sign of status. This guy dodged a bullet for sure.

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She’s Obviously Totally Fine

This is a clear situation of someone who has not moved on. Usually, if you have to try to convince someone that you’re “so much better” without them, you’re usually not as well off as you’re making it seem.

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That is almost certainly what’s happening here. I guess it makes her feel better about herself if she thinks that this guy knows he lost the best thing he ever had. But, it missed the mark and just comes across as a little crazy.

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Speaking For All Women

This person took it upon herself to speak on behalf of all women (which is never a good idea). The question about who should pay the bill is one that is still argued all the time. The general consensus is that no one person should have to cover every bill.

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A relationship is amed of 2 people for a reason, right? Both should contribute. But this woman seems to be of the opinion that the man should take care of her. Apparently, you’re only a man if you pay for dinner.

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A Rich Man. Period.

If you cut through most of the gibberish that makes up this dating profile you come to one absolute truth: She wants a man that is rich. Some people look for kindness, humor, or shared interests, but not this girl.

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She has  a one track mind and unless you’re rich, she’s not interested. To each their own, I guess. But we don’t think she’s getting many matches with this kind of attitude if we had to guess.

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A Little Accident

You might be wondering what the only thing crazier than a crazy girlfriend is. The answer is a crazy ex-girlfriend. “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” and all that. This is one perfect example of a crazy ex taking it too far.

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Roger and the ex should run and run fast to avoid this craziness. 240 are a lot of photos to liek at once. This one might be grounds for blocking, honestly.

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Breaking Records With Craziness

This woman was so crazy that she broke a record! She called her ex so many times that she was actually arrested for stalking! It was the most severe case that the state of New Mexico had ever seen.

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They say if you’re gonna be something, be the best. In addition to the 77,000 calls, she sent him more than 1,000 emails, 40,000 texts, and 600 letters. I guess she just had something really important to say.

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Who Is She?

This meme makes us laugh but it is less funny when you think about the fact that there are real people out there who actually act like this. It perfectly shows how important trust is in a relationship.

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Without trust what do you have? Well, you end up with lots of ridiculous fights like the one pictured here. Google maps doesn’t lie!

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Relationships Are About Compromise

Relationships are about compromise, but some people think they’re above it, obviously. They expect to receive everything they want while providing little to nothing in response. This gets old quickly, so we don’t think they find themselves in too many happy relationships.

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If it was this much of a struggle to meet up for a first date we can assume that these two didn’t make a love connection. Someone needs to teach this lady that relationships are a two-way street.

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Two Faced

This is an interesting way to introduce both of your personalities. We find it hard to believe that someone could be the nicest person you’ve ever met and also be the twisted meany.

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What makes us laugh about this post is that she made a slight error in her post. We can’t be sure what a cycle path is. We know she meant to say “psychopath” but the typo makes the post all the more comical.

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Delusional

This girl has some pretty delusional confidence. She needs to believe that she’s the best thing he’s ever had. We’re not sure who she’s trying to convince here. 

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Attacking the receding hairline is a low blow, especially considering the context. This woman actually cheated on him, so the attacks are absolutely out of pocket. She needs a little dose of reality.

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Very Creepy

We don’t blame this man for almost immediately blocking this woman because this is absolutely crazy behavior. It’s wild the lines people will cross when they’re trying to get in touch with someone.

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She overheard his number and then went ahead to text him like it was completely normal. She says she’s harmless but that’s not the vibe we’re getting from his interaction. We can’t blame him that he reacted this way.

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