'She insisted that Paris is not in France': People reveal the moment they realised they were dating 'an idiot'

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In the early days of a relationshp when you're still learning about the other person, one faux pas can be extremely revealing. 

From claiming Paris is not France, to a man shooting himself in the leg on two separate occasions people have revealed the most foolish thing a former partner has ever said or done.

The cringe-worthy revelations were made in a new Reddit thread, prompted by the question: 'At what moment did you realise you were dating an idiot?'

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From claiming Paris is not France to not knowing the difference between the moon and the sun, people have taken to Reddit to share the most stupid thing a partner has ever said (picture posed by models)

Geography seems to be the undoing of many people with one former girlfriend shocking Endlesshills by saying she'd never been to France, despite visiting Disneyland Paris every year.  

He continued: 'She insisted: "Paris isn't in France!" We live in the UK, not USA or somewhere else. You can literally drive to France.'

LeighDief's ex also seemed to have a shaky grasp of the world map, thinking the Nation of Islam.

She said: 'When I explained to him this was not the case, he responded with, "agree to disagree".'

Perhaps worst or all was RevolPeej's former flame who 'pointed up at a bluish star and sincerely asked "Is that Earth?".'

Similarly astrologically challenged was the girlfriend of Johntetherbon90 who asked why the sun and moon were visible at the same time in the sky.  

After he told her it wasn't uncommon, she replied: 'No they are the same thing so how can we see both at the same time?'

When he asked if she was serious, she hit back with : 'Not everyone went to college like you schoolboy.'

He added: 'She was in her early 30s.'

Tork260 also thought twice about relying on his girlfriend to navigate after a comment she made while they were out hiking.

'We get to a fork and I say, "okay now we need to go north". 

'She says: "Haven't we been this whole time?". Confused, I look at her and ask why she says that. She replies: "North is the direction in front of you yeah?".

'Still not entirely sure about the origins of that logic.'

Meanwhile HalfJaked's partner thought 'Scotland was its own island, as in separated by water'.

He added:  'We live 30 minutes from the border.'

Brandito23's other half had a rather unique, if futuristic take on hazard lights.

'She thought flashing red lights on the road meant you were entering a different time zone instead of indicating a stop sign,' he explained. 

SlytherEEn's ex had even more scientifically incredibly views.  

'He told me, quite seriously, about how people with enough willpower can survive by photosynthesis,' she said. 

For Gawdybaubles reality dawned when his girlfriend 'surprised him' by inviting her mother on their 16 day Hawaiian cruise.

Tri_Sara_Tops was dumbfounded by a man who insisted that 'women cannot be doctors, only nurses, and vice versa.'

She added: 'He said that the two are the exact same thing except one is male and one is female. He was in his early 20s.'

To accidentally shoot yourself in the leg once could be bad luck, but to do the same again two weeks later like Technocassandra's partner is quite an achievement. 

'He shot himself in the leg twice while cleaning it. The same gun. Two weeks apart,' she recalled. 

' Shot himself in the calf the first time, then took out his kneecap the second time, same leg. Took months of surgeries to fix it.'

Even more shocking was the woman who told carefree_dude her very alarming views on rape. 

'She told me that babies could only happen if there was love, and the only way to get pregnant from a rape is if you loved your rapist,' he revealed. 

DCgirl1318 recalled a conversation with her boyfriend of a year, who 'truly believed that you regrow your virginity after six months of no sex'.

'His belief had nothing to do with the hymen or religious constructs. He just thought six months of no sex = poof virginity!' she said. 

Babybopp's former love thought that the past happened in black and white, while RonyTheTurtle's asked if a dove was 'an albino duck'.

SegoLil could be forgiven for still blushing over an incident with her boyfriend in a posh restaurant. 

'We ordered wine,' she said. 'When the waiter came back, he gave my boyfriend the cork to sniff. 

'My boyfriend grabbed it, sucked on it and licked it like a lollipop all excited while the waiter looked uncomfortable, poured our glasses and slunk away.'