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A similar trope is RelationshipSabotage; where both tropes can result in someone having a broken heart, Relationship Sabotage involves an outsider messing with the relationship, which could result in ''both'' partners getting hurt. Also compare this to CommitmentIssues, where someone may go into a relationship with no intention to stay in it but aren't doing it maliciously. Other tropes to compare are OperationJealousy, ShockValueRelationship, FakeRelationship, IWasOnlyPretendingToLikeYou, and HopeCrusher. This may result in ItMeantSomethingToMe, LadykillerInLove or DidYouActuallyBelieve, and is often committed by a HandsomeLech, TheCasanova, TheVamp, or the {{Troll}}. This is often a KickTheDog moment, or if done particularly cruelly, an out-and-out crossing of the MoralEventHorizon. See also TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction, when a man probably should have suspected the hot woman had ulterior motives. Not to be confused with BreakHisHeartToSaveHim, which is where a character only cruelly dumps someone out of desire to protect them.

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A similar trope is RelationshipSabotage; where both tropes can result in someone having a broken heart, Relationship Sabotage involves an outsider messing with the relationship, which could result in ''both'' partners getting hurt. Also compare this to CommitmentIssues, where someone may go into a relationship with no intention to stay in it but aren't doing it maliciously. Other tropes to compare are OperationJealousy, ShockValueRelationship, FakeRelationship, IWasOnlyPretendingToLikeYou, FalseFriend, and HopeCrusher. This may result in ItMeantSomethingToMe, LadykillerInLove or DidYouActuallyBelieve, and is often committed by a HandsomeLech, TheCasanova, TheVamp, or the {{Troll}}. This is often a KickTheDog moment, or if done particularly cruelly, an out-and-out crossing of the MoralEventHorizon. See also TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction, when a man probably should have suspected the hot woman had ulterior motives. Not to be confused with BreakHisHeartToSaveHim, which is where a character only cruelly dumps someone out of desire to protect them.

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