@Grandmotherhunter I think you should try other genres or perhaps look at the tags before reading the stories. It gives a lot of clues cuz the tags are:
toxic relationship, Dumb MC, Stupid MC or something... It saves you a lot of pain and helps with not wasting time on stories such as your complaint.
Anyway, we really can't do much about it. Stories like those exist cuz people read them and they don't just read, they bite into it. I would suggest just walking away from those... Saves you the frustration.
I am neither a Ms nor a Lady, in short I am a man.
That is all. And that will be all.
That is all. And that will be all.