Every relationship has its ups and downs - but clear communication can go a long way to ironing out your problems and moving past them. However, one woman has been left regretting trying to 'fix' her boyfriend's issues with his low self-esteem after it caused their relationship to blow up in her face.
She explained how she naïvely made her boyfriend a Tinder account to boost his confidence after he rated himself a five out of 10 when it comes to his appearance. The woman said: "Obviously I think he's gorgeous and handsome but even though I've been saying this for years, he does not believe me.
"So, for some stupid reason, I decided to show him that other girls would find him attractive by making him a Tinder account. I set him up an account, made him a bio and just started swiping right.
"After a day he got around a dozen matches on Tinder and after I showed this to him, I saw how he immediately became more confident and thanked me for the whole gesture."
She went on to explain how their relationship carried on as normal until she decided to check his Tinder account just to see whether he'd had anymore matches.
She added: "Queue my surprise when a couple of days later I check the Tinder account I had basically forgotten about after 24 hours, and I could see lots of messages sent to lots of the girls my boyfriend had matched with.
"I confronted him and he denied it but I mean these messages even included promises to meet each other.
"Obviously, we broke up and out of curiosity I checked the Tinder account again after a week and this breakup has clearly not slowed him down one bit."
In a 'facepalm moment', she added: "So now the Tinder I made for him not only broke us up, but is now helping him navigate his newly single life."
After sharing her story on Reddit, she was inundated with messages from hopeless romantics who tried to cheer her up by asking for her profile-making services.
One user said: "You should offer a service as a 'Tinder consultant' to help guys hook up. Ten matches is an incredible number, you must be really skilled."
Another user added: "That's awful. It might have worked out for the best though.
"Someone who jumps at the chance to be unfaithful at the slightest hint of interest from a third party probably isn't the kind of person you want in a significant other."
A third user said: "He'll get bored of tinder in like two months and realize he messed up. Don't let him convince you to get back together once he's realised his mistake."
One more user added: "You didn't mess up. Look at it this way: You spent years trying to build him up and he didn't care to hear it or seem to take it seriously.
"However, when you made this account and other women told him he was attractive, he immediately was happier, emboldened, and more accepting of this, meaning he didn't respect you enough in the first place to hold your opinion of him as valid.
"Your relationship was never going to prosper, you just didn't see the signs soon enough. You accomplished - albeit inadvertently - unburdening yourself of someone who never respected you.
"Not everyone is so fortunate, so now you can pursue someone who actually cares about you."
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