How to Break Up

Step 5 Location and timing

You must do this in person.

In no way are you allowed to break up via text, chat, facebook status, email, or letter.

You're not allowed to just disappear either. The lack of closure can be psychologically damaging to you both.

Choose somewhere safe.

If there's any chance whatsoever of this discussion becoming physical, or if you and your partner are prone to screaming fights, choose a public venue for this event to keep you both on your best behavior.

If this isn't case, choose a place where your partner can be free to express his/her emotions. You might wish to avoid this, but they deserve the ability to do this in front of you.

Make sure it's a place you can walk away from

If you do it at your house, they choose when to leave. Baaaaad idea.

If you live together. . . ouch. This is hard. Be prepared to leave and stay somewhere else for a while. If you don't have the time to pack and move entirely before having this conversation, be prepared to stay away long enough for the heat to die down. Then find a time when your partner is away and finish the job.

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[danceswithgoths]

Shame that my husband didn't read this before he dumped me over the phone after running away for 3 days. My advice - never ever date or marry a Clinical Psycologist - they are all obsessed with their own psyche and emotions, and too wrapped up in themselves to believe that anyone else could possibly understand them.... So, basically trumped up emo kids. Happy days.