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Are these the most ridiculous break up reasons EVER?

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As Cheryl Fernandez-Versini is set to divorce French husband Jean-Bernard because of his jealousy, we asked you: what's the most ridiculous reason you've ended things with an ex?

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So apparently one of the reasons behind Cheryl's divorce comes down to - wait for it - her dogs. A source has claimed that husband Jean-Bernard didn't like it when she had to spend time with other men and even became jealous when she was hanging out with her beloved chihuahuas, Coco and Buster.

This Chihuahua business got us thinking. Whether it's a row about the dishwasher or the way they chew, sometimes it is the little things that get to you in a relationship that spell the end of the road.

"Of course, there are often underlying issues," says relationship expert Juliette Smith, "but their annoying habit can be the trigger. It may seem petty, but that final straw can make you realise you're incompatible."

These (very honest) people share their funny flash-points...

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Victoria Adamson

"He would inundate
me with Snapchats all day long. I guess he thought it was sweet, but it got on my nerves. He sent one too many

  • literally just of his smiling face - when
    I was having a busy day and I snapped back, in a bad way." Maya, 21
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Victoria Adamson

"I'm into heavy metal, but she liked pop. No big deal, right? But after hearing One Direction non-stop - in the car, at her house, at my house - I'd had enough. I said we just didn't have enough in common." Andreas, 29

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Victoria Adamson

"I thought he was joking when he said that he was getting a micro-scooter

  • the adult version of the type kids zoom about on. He wasn't. It was the death knell for our relationship." Emma, 26
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Victoria Adamson

"When I ate the 'family-favourite' chicken pie his mum spent ages making for him from the fridge,
I thought it was just a pie. But when he saw it was gone, he was furious." Richard, 27

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Victoria Adamson

"My ex hated how long I spent shopping. One Saturday in Zara, we argued in front of everyone. We'd been fighting for months - but doing it in public was too much." Callum, 25

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Victoria Adamson

"It was so long it poked out of his nose. Eventually, it was
all I could look at.
I didn't want to kiss him - it might touch me-soImadean excuse and ended it."Laura, 20

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Victoria Adamson

"They were disturbingly small, like a child's. We went out for more than six months, but
I couldn't get past it. Every time she went to hold my hand, I'd shudder." Michael, 28

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Victoria Adamson

"He was on his phone All. The. Time. It was impossible to have a conversation without him scrolling endlessly through his timeline. #dumped." Hannah, 26

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Victoria Adamson

The end of our two-year relationship came at one of those enormous, spiral roundabouts as she screeched, 'Turn now, turn now!' and I bellowed, 'I fucking can't!' The fifth time we careered around the roundabout, trying to find our exit, she said, 'I can't do this any more,' and she wasn't talking about giving me driving directions." Todd, 29

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Victoria Adamson

"No exaggeration - it would take him about 20 minutes of fiddling in the mirror every morning to get his hair just right. He was very good looking, which initially blinded me to how incredibly vain he was. But I soon wised up." Jasmine, 24

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Victoria Adamson

"At dinner with friends, someone showed an indecent picture of me I'd sent to a woman years ago, which had done the rounds. I wasn't embarrassed, but my girlfriend was livid. The fight we had finished us off." Ryan, 29

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Victoria Adamson

"I don't have many dealbreakers, but if someone throws up in my bed, all over me, then they've kind of crossed a line." Kaiser, 28