Give yourself a reset period where you reduce contact with your ex as much as possible so emotions can settle.
Take care of the basics first: sleep, regular meals, hydration, and movement—even if it feels mechanical at the start.
Go through your living space and remove obvious reminders (photos, gifts, digital cues) so you’re not constantly triggered.
Talk to people you trust. Don’t isolate yourself, even if you don’t feel like socializing much.
Handle practical logistics early if needed—finances, shared accounts, subscriptions, or legal steps—so they don’t linger in the background.
Write things down: what you’re feeling, what you learned, and what you want to avoid repeating next time.
Change your routine slightly (new route, new café, new habits) to break the “shared life autopilot.”
Avoid jumping immediately into a rebound relationship just to fill the gap.
Reconnect with interests or hobbies that got sidelined during the relationship.
Do one physical reset activity—cleaning, organizing, or exercising—to help mark a clear “new chapter.”
Limit doom-scrolling or re-reading old messages, which tends to reset emotional progress.
Be patient with your own timeline. Recovery isn’t linear, and feeling okay again usually happens in stages, not all at once.
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12 Things to do after a Breakup or Divorce
How to Avoid Mean Guys, aka How Guillermo Aristizabal got me Pregnant and then Dumped Me
Guest Post by Maria López - March 15th 2017.
Hello!
I read your post from last month titled "If He Hasn't Married You By Now, He Isn't Going To" and it got me thinking about an ex of mine and how he was a complete jerk - and how there was no way he was going to marry me and how I should have known better.
Let me summarize.
Since then I have developed a system for only dating men who are NICE.
STEP ONE - Ask how often he visits his parents, phones his parents or otherwise communicates with family (including siblings and other relatives).
Guillermo Aristizabal almost never spoke about his parents/family and in retrospect I should have taken this to be a warning sign that the guy is a psychopath.
The goal of Step One is to only date men who are "family men", who spend a fair amount of time with their families / communicating with them.
STEP TWO - Ask to meet his family and/or friends.
I think Guillermo Aristizabal deliberately avoided introducing me to his friends and family. I even wonder if I was his real "girlfriend" or if I was effectively his mistress that he was sleeping with on the side. Hence why I never met any of his family or friends.
In retrospect that should have been a big warning sign. What kind of man dates a woman for 4 months and doesn't introduce her to some of his friends or family?
The goal of Step Two is to see how he behaves around his family and friends. Does he behave like a jerk? Do his friends secretly hate him? Do they imply jokingly or not that he cheats a lot? Basically this is a testing ground to see if he is secretly a jerk and see how much of his jerkiness comes through when he is relaxed and around friends.
If he doesn't want to introduce you to his friends/family, proceed immediately to step five below.
STEP THREE - Be deliberately super late for a date sometime.
This is to test his patience and anger issues. If he is super angry about you being late, this is a guy worth dumping.
Guillermo Aristizabal always got angry - or at least upset - if I was ever late for a date. He would start freaking out and having a temper tantrum.
Your goal obviously it to test his patience/anger and see how he takes it. A laid back "down to earth" man would not be so worried about you being so late, especially if he really cares about you. But a jerk will just be a jerk about it.
STEP FOUR - Don't be in the mood for sex for once.
Shortly before I got pregnant there was an incident in which I wasn't in the mood for sex and Guillermo Aristizabal got really upset that he was "wasting his time even being there", which tipped me off that he was just there for the sex.
It wasn't long after that incident that I believe he got me pregnant on purpose and then dumped me while he was sleeping with my best friend. (He told her that I had dumped him and that he needed consoling... which was not true, he was just lying through his teeth.)
STEP FIVE - Once you realize he is a jerk, dump him immediately.
Don't wait to do it at a better time. Just dump him immediately and stop wasting your time with him.
Don't do what I did and think you can change him, to try and make him into a better person. You can't. Once a jerk, always a jerk.
Just dump him and get it over with.
STEP SIX - Warn other women about dating this jerk.
That is what I am doing now. Hence why I keep using Guillermo Aristizabal's name. Warning other women to make sure they don't end up dating this jerk. He is a cheater, a liar, and a jerk. I hope he dies old, alone, and lonely - just like a jerk like him deserves.
Hello!
I read your post from last month titled "If He Hasn't Married You By Now, He Isn't Going To" and it got me thinking about an ex of mine and how he was a complete jerk - and how there was no way he was going to marry me and how I should have known better.
Let me summarize.
- His name is Guillermo Aristizabal. (I know I know, Guillermo even sounds like a douchebag, and he is.)
- Guillermo Aristizabal lives in Toronto, Canada.
- We dated for four months and then he got me pregnant.
- I am pretty sure he got me pregnant on purpose too, as in I suspect he removed the condom on purpose in the dark and got me pregnant on purpose.
- When he found out I was pregnant in less than a week he cheated on me with my best friend and then dumped me.
- Guillermo then sent me all sorts of nasty text messages, encouraging me to get an abortion, encouraging me to commit suicide, calling me a slut and a tramp, etc.
- I did end up having an abortion because I did not want to raise a child alone and I definitely did not want to raise a child when he deliberately got me pregnant and might decide that he wants visitation rights, but the whole experience really turned me off dating older douchebag men.
Since then I have developed a system for only dating men who are NICE.
STEP ONE - Ask how often he visits his parents, phones his parents or otherwise communicates with family (including siblings and other relatives).
Guillermo Aristizabal almost never spoke about his parents/family and in retrospect I should have taken this to be a warning sign that the guy is a psychopath.
The goal of Step One is to only date men who are "family men", who spend a fair amount of time with their families / communicating with them.
STEP TWO - Ask to meet his family and/or friends.
I think Guillermo Aristizabal deliberately avoided introducing me to his friends and family. I even wonder if I was his real "girlfriend" or if I was effectively his mistress that he was sleeping with on the side. Hence why I never met any of his family or friends.
In retrospect that should have been a big warning sign. What kind of man dates a woman for 4 months and doesn't introduce her to some of his friends or family?
The goal of Step Two is to see how he behaves around his family and friends. Does he behave like a jerk? Do his friends secretly hate him? Do they imply jokingly or not that he cheats a lot? Basically this is a testing ground to see if he is secretly a jerk and see how much of his jerkiness comes through when he is relaxed and around friends.
If he doesn't want to introduce you to his friends/family, proceed immediately to step five below.
STEP THREE - Be deliberately super late for a date sometime.
This is to test his patience and anger issues. If he is super angry about you being late, this is a guy worth dumping.
Guillermo Aristizabal always got angry - or at least upset - if I was ever late for a date. He would start freaking out and having a temper tantrum.
Your goal obviously it to test his patience/anger and see how he takes it. A laid back "down to earth" man would not be so worried about you being so late, especially if he really cares about you. But a jerk will just be a jerk about it.
STEP FOUR - Don't be in the mood for sex for once.
Shortly before I got pregnant there was an incident in which I wasn't in the mood for sex and Guillermo Aristizabal got really upset that he was "wasting his time even being there", which tipped me off that he was just there for the sex.
It wasn't long after that incident that I believe he got me pregnant on purpose and then dumped me while he was sleeping with my best friend. (He told her that I had dumped him and that he needed consoling... which was not true, he was just lying through his teeth.)
STEP FIVE - Once you realize he is a jerk, dump him immediately.
Don't wait to do it at a better time. Just dump him immediately and stop wasting your time with him.
Don't do what I did and think you can change him, to try and make him into a better person. You can't. Once a jerk, always a jerk.
Just dump him and get it over with.
STEP SIX - Warn other women about dating this jerk.
That is what I am doing now. Hence why I keep using Guillermo Aristizabal's name. Warning other women to make sure they don't end up dating this jerk. He is a cheater, a liar, and a jerk. I hope he dies old, alone, and lonely - just like a jerk like him deserves.
If he hasn't married you by now, he isn't going to
The problem however is that he never does. He is an overweight nerd who oddly enough bullies her in the relationship because she has low self esteem and doesn't seem to realize she can:
- Stand up for herself.
- Dump him whenever she wants.
- Find someone nicer.
But because she has low self esteem, she keeps waiting and waiting. Hoping someday he will marry her.
Except here is the thing...
If he hasn't married you by now, he isn't going to.
So simple.
I would set the limit at 4 years.
If you are dating a man for 4 years and he never discusses marriage / pops the question during those 4 years, then he has no intention of ever getting married. Definitely not to you.
Four years is more than enough time for a man to realize he loves you and he wants to marry you. If he doesn't propose and set a date for the wedding, then he doesn't want to marry you.
Waiting 5, 6, 7 or more years? Pff. He just likes having you around because you are his friend with benefits. He doesn't want to marry you, he just wants the perks of free sex / being your friend.
So if you are nearing the 4 year mark you need to ask yourself the following questions?
Is the romance in your relationship dead?
Is he refusing to get married?
Is he just taking advantage of you?
If you answered Yes to 1 or more of the above, you should consider dumping him immediately.
If you answered Yes to 2 or 3 of the above, you should IMMEDIATELY dump him.
If you answered No to all three questions, and if you are nearing the 4 year mark, then stop wasting time and you should propose marriage to him.
Just propose to him. Get it over with. Propose. Who cares about tradition. Just do it.
If he refuses, pretend like everything is normal for 1 week to see if he changes his mind.
Then dump him if he still hasn't softened on the idea of marriage. If he loves you, he should want to marry you.
Maybe after he has been without you for awhile he will change his mind and realize he now wants to marry you, but you might have to go through this painful process to get him to that realization.
If he doesn't change his mind and want to marry you, start dating someone else. Find someone you love who is marriage material. Don't waste your time with playboys who just want hanky panky with no commitment.
Funny Text Message Breakups
"You were mean to my cat so I am breaking up with you."
"I will give you two choices. Either we can break up or I can cheat on you. Pick one."
"I can't stand it when guys whine during breakups so I have decided to just stop talking to you."
"How do I block someone on my phone? Namely you?"
"I think you and I could have been friends in another lifetime. What say we just be friends in another lifetime okay?"
"I have decided I want to see other people who are more attractive than you."
"You aren't funny or smart enough. I need someone who is witty, not twitty."
"So... wanna have breakup sex?"
"I have concluded you never bathe and I can't date Pigpen."
"You are a sex god(dess) and I don't want to be in a relationship based solely on sex."
"I cheated on you and got a STD. I think we should break up."
"Remember how we discussed having a threesome with another woman? Well I tried it without you and I have decided I prefer women over men."
"You wouldn't let me cut your hair so I am breaking up with you."
"I am leaving the country and going to Splitsvanistan. Goodbye."
"You and me were never meant to be so I think we should forget it ever happened."
"I think we should make like a banana and split."
"Break ups are hard, but it is much easier for me if I just end it now via text message."
"You kiss like an overly friendly dog and now I have fleas. If you come near me again I am calling the pound."
"I wish we could reverse time and never go out."
"Monkeys kiss better than you do. Maybe you should date a chimp instead."
"I found your p*** collection. You are so dumped."
"I need a man who is more like Mr Grey. You and me are Fifty Shades of Splitsville."
"What does you, me and Ukraine have in common?"
"I thought you and I would never break up but that was before I found out you were a loser."
"How dare you make fun of Mr Darcy! He is the perfect man and you are a loser who just got dumped."
"Sorry I don't go out on 2nd dates with losers who get dumped on the first date."
"You broke up with me before via text message so I am dumping you via text message so you can see what it is like."
An Essay on Cheating and Breaking Up
If you have ever been cheated on then you know the cheating is often the biggest prelude to breaking up. Let me explain - in essay format - why this is.
First, cheating shows a lack of respect for the other person you are supposed to be in a romantic relationship with. It shows you don't respect the covenant of the relationship with them, that you don't respect their intelligence, and that you don't respect them to come to the realization you are cheating on them and then do something about it.
Second, cheating is a sign that the cheater is unhappy and doesn't want to be in the relationship. They would rather be with someone else, and therefore are sleeping with someone else. It is really just a matter of time before they decide to cut the cord and make it official.
Third, cheaters are often also big time liars. It is exceptionally rare for a cheater to be truthful about what they are doing. Who wants to be in a relationship with someone who is a liar? It is really just a matter of time before the lie is discovered and the lies pile up to the point that the proverbial relationship breaks.
Fourth, cheaters are cowards. They are too cowardly to "man up to it" and admit they are unhappy with the relationship they are currently in so they go seeking for enjoyment elsewhere. This cowardice is a vice that will ultimately lead to the relationship ending - often in a cowardly way, such as breaking up via text message, phone or email.
Fifth, cheaters suffer from a communication problem. They don't communicate their unhappiness, they don't communicate they want something or someone else, they don't communicate their own cowardice of the situation they are in. Lack of communication is one of the biggest factors that causes couples to break up (that and lack of sex).
Taken all together a single act of cheating on someone shows a clear direction towards an impending breakup - or in the case of an unhappy marriage, a divorce.
A happy marriage that has cheating it in might well become an unhappy marriage, which again later leads to divorce.
It is rare, in my opinion, that a marriage is strong enough to remain "happy" after an event of cheating has occurred and discovered.
March 15th - International Breakup Day
March 15th is the day on which the most couples break up (according to statistics gathered from Facebook relationship status updates).
What happens is after Valentines there is a sudden increase in breakups, culminating at a peak on March 15th - 29 days after Valentines.
Basically if one or both people screw up on Valentines the couple has 1 month to try to fix the situation otherwise many less-than-serious couples break up.
If they manage to make it to St Patricks Day (March 17th) then maybe all has been forgiven.
Another high point for breakups during the year is two weeks before Christmas - presumably so you don't have to get them a present, but it is beaten by a fair margin by the post Valentines breakups which skyrocket after Valentines and peak on March 15th.
I therefore declare March 15th to be "International Breakup Day".
Please feel free to breakup on that day - and be specific about it: "You messed up Valentines and I can't forgive you for ruining my fanciful and unrealistic expectations."
Because seriously, breakups 2 weeks before Christmas and 1 month after Valentines are evidently the result of unrealistic expectations and selfishness. So you might as well admit to it.
"I am breaking up with you because on Valentines you didn't get reservations."
"I am breaking up with you because you didn't spend enough money on Valentines Day."
"I am breaking up with you because I have unrealistc expectations of romantic gestures."
Notes
In the USA, Budweiser promotes June 2nd as National Breakup Day. According to Yahoo! Inc. however it is January 11th. According to Virgin Mobile it is February 13th (the day before Valentines)... Another source says it is April 9th.
But none of these have any statistics to back up their declarations. Thus March 15th makes much more sense, especially since Budweiser, Yahoo and Virgin Mobile are brands - but Valentines is celebrated internationally, even in non Christian countries.
What happens is after Valentines there is a sudden increase in breakups, culminating at a peak on March 15th - 29 days after Valentines.
Basically if one or both people screw up on Valentines the couple has 1 month to try to fix the situation otherwise many less-than-serious couples break up.
If they manage to make it to St Patricks Day (March 17th) then maybe all has been forgiven.
Another high point for breakups during the year is two weeks before Christmas - presumably so you don't have to get them a present, but it is beaten by a fair margin by the post Valentines breakups which skyrocket after Valentines and peak on March 15th.
Please feel free to breakup on that day - and be specific about it: "You messed up Valentines and I can't forgive you for ruining my fanciful and unrealistic expectations."
Because seriously, breakups 2 weeks before Christmas and 1 month after Valentines are evidently the result of unrealistic expectations and selfishness. So you might as well admit to it.
"I am breaking up with you because on Valentines you didn't get reservations."
"I am breaking up with you because you didn't spend enough money on Valentines Day."
"I am breaking up with you because I have unrealistc expectations of romantic gestures."
Notes
In the USA, Budweiser promotes June 2nd as National Breakup Day. According to Yahoo! Inc. however it is January 11th. According to Virgin Mobile it is February 13th (the day before Valentines)... Another source says it is April 9th.
But none of these have any statistics to back up their declarations. Thus March 15th makes much more sense, especially since Budweiser, Yahoo and Virgin Mobile are brands - but Valentines is celebrated internationally, even in non Christian countries.
Christmas - The Relationship Breaker???
Sometimes it might even drag out until Valentines Day, but chances are likely the relationship is over thanks to all the extra stress, expectations and sometimes even childishness when it comes to the Christmas season.
What if they don't give you a "good enough" present?
Did they not spend enough money on the gift? (Because apparently some people have monetary expectations.)
Did they not put enough thought into the gift, showing that they really know you?
What if you were expecting a lot more romance?
And a whole mess of other things.
Christmas places so many stresses on the relationship that it is basically trial by fire to see whether the relationship can last or not. People who cannot cope well under the stress - and have childish expectations with respect to gift giving - and don't have a realistic expectation when it comes to romance, will be very disappointed if they are setting their hopes too high.
Compare Christmas with other times of the year and you see peaks of breakups 2 weeks before Christmas and 1 month after Valentines.
Lets just stay friends...
Have you ever noticed the number of couples who break up, one of them uses the lets just be friends speech, and then they never talk again?
I mean that speech is really just code for "lets never see each other ever again".
So why bother using it?
To let them down easy?
Utter lie.
The real reason is because the person doing the breakup speech is too gutless to tell the truth.
It is in essence a sign of a person who is too immature to tell the truth and is still stuck in a highschool dating mindframe where they would be seeing the other person at school regularly and thus would want to maintain a friendly relationship for appearances sake and to prevent possible complications / hateful rumours.
But if a person isn't in highschool any more then it is time to start telling the truth. Tell them why you are breaking up with them.
Eg. I want someone who looks different.
I want to meet someone who is more like me.
I like dating badboys who treat me like crap and you're too nice to be a badboy.
Etc.
Best Breakup Line Ever!
So how do you breakup with them?
Well, number one, you do it by text. You make it clear that way that the relationship you have is too impersonal and meaningless.
Number two. Your text needs to make it clear that there are other things you'd rather be doing than having sex with them.
So what is the best breakup line ever?
Wait for it...
Wait...
"I really should be doing work tonight. If you are coming over for sex then it is $30 per hour."
Now remember, this is a man saying this to a woman.
Women are not going to pay for sex. Not usually. Extremely rare circumstances.
Ergo, she sees this and realizes this man has little interest in having sex with her and is only willing to do it for money. Now I suppose, if she needed it all the time, then she might be willing to pay for it regularly.
Now I admit, when used in practice this breakup line is more likely to confuse the woman who is being dumped. She might even think you are desperate for money.
In which case she will ask for an explanation.
"Its just not doing it for me. Its more like a chore and I don't feel any romance with you. I still enjoy it, obviously, but there are other things I really should be doing. So if you really want it that bad I figure you should pay for my time and effort.Or alternatively...
"I don't want a romantic relationship with you and since you are just using me for sex then I should get paid for it."
So yeah.
She might get upset. Or just confused. Or maybe she will be relieved because now she can go find a real relationship that isn't based on physical friction so much.
OTHER BREAKUP LINES YOU MIGHT CONSIDER
“I have only still been seeing you because I felt obliged to, and if we were right for each other, neither of us should feel like that.”
“I love you toooooo much, it’s driving me mad.”
“Sorry for the long silence…I have personal issues lately…Happy Friday!“
“I just can’t take the bad sex anymore”.
“Honestly? It’s you not me, you’re just too perfect for someone else. And I’m perfect for the girl on Facebook.”
“You’re perfect in every way, just not for me.”
“I get so emotional when you’re not around…That emotion is called happiness.”
“Oh, sorry but l am going to my brother’s wedding and you are not invited….”
“It’s not you. You’re fine, lovely in fact, and much smarter than me. It’s just I want to pursue younger women.”
“Maybe this break up will be good for you, since you’ve never really experienced pain before.”
“I enjoy your company, fancy you like crazy, and love having sex with you, but I don’t love you and I never will.”
“The problem with our relationship is, we’re in a relationship.”
“Just the fact that you had to sit me down and talk about our communication problems means that were not going to work out, and we should end our relationship.”
“I can’t believe you won’t let me go to a strip club in Vegas. This shows you really don’t care about me.”
“Really, our time together has just become more effort than you’re worth.”
“You care too much about celebrities.”
“I wish I could say you were the most special person in the world, but you’re not.”
“I don’t want to have to go on holiday to see my girlfriend. It’s just not fun anymore.”
“You’re not Mr. Right – just Mr. Right Now.”
“Before you were still a mystery and now you need to be history.”
“I’m just not feeling ‘it’ so I want a divorce.”
“If only I were in love with just one girl, not two.”
“I love you but I’m not in love with you so I guess I’m more of a lesbian than we thought.”
“Hmmm, I am not sure that I want to do this anymore…”
“You have your own life. You have a job. You can’t sleep with me in my bed every night. I really don’t even like her but she lets me drink.”
“I want to have fun and I’m not ready to carry a burden through my youth.”
“You have an irrational (emotional) intensive feeling for me which frightens me.”
“I just can’t come up tonight. This whole thing is just making me ill.”
“I have these spirit guides and as I drove home today they were telling me very strongly that we live too far apart and it’s never going to work.”
“Ideally, I would like to write my book, and once I finish I’ll give you an answer as to whether we will be together or not.”
“You don’t engage me anymore”.
“I bought my baby’s mama an engagement ring for Valentine’s Day. Since this is the last time we’ll be together, I hope you want to get real freaky.”
“I need to see other women to prove to myself that my love for you is genuine.”
“She said that she was better for me than you, so I had no choice but to defend our love and prove her wrong…You should be thanking me for this.”
“I’ll always remember last night, but I think we can forget about tomorrow.”
“I just don’t think we’re ‘suitable’ suitable”.
“I need to tell you that someone from my past has come back into my life. I knew her years ago but there were so many things that interfered with her and I having a relationship that could not be overcome, but that has passed and now she and I are making another attempt.”
“You’re Muslim, and I’m Hindu, this is never going to work, I’m sorry.”
“I’m making a changes in my life that don’t include you. I’m sorry. I love you but I’m going through a quarter life crisis right now. You know I’m not going to live much longer because all prodigies die young.”
“Isn’t six and a half years long enough?”
“You know how Fromm talks about love being an active process? Well, I’m afraid love didn’t even grow. I’m looking for a Soulmate and you’re not her.”
“It just fizzled out, I am sorry. We are still buds, just not like before, I can’t do it.”
“Please understand that I care for you deeply, but need to finalize my thoughts with her good or bad – for my sake. But I would still like to take you to lunch and call you if that is OK with you. I just can’t see you right now.”
“I was asked to make a choice. If I had not been asked, I may have chosen differently”.
“I am having a disruption in my professional life (leaving job), so I thought that I may as well have a disruption in my personal life.”
“My ‘friend’ has asked me to move in with her and I’ve agreed, is it alright if I move out on Saturday?”
“My dick is committed to you, but my heart is not.”
“You are the only really good girl I’ve ever met, I will probably never meet anyone like you again. You are really marriage material. If we stay together, we will get married in a few years, BUT I’m not sure I am ready to commit to one person.”
“I just can’t handle the distance…I’m so sorry.”
“This isn’t easy and neither are you…I’m breaking up with you.”
“I just don’t know how much longer I can do this charade that I am happy with the relationship as it is.”
“Sorry I stopped contacting you. I had to go back to rehab.”
“I’d like to think that I just need some time, because I really miss you, but really I never loved you and I miss everyone else”.
“I love you. I love hanging out with you. You are so easy to live with. I want everything to remain the same except the boyfriend/girlfriend thing.”
“You’re an investment with no return.”
“I know that if I continue seeing you that you that I will want to spend the rest of my life with you, but I’m not ready for that, so I don’t want to see you anymore.”
“Yes, I thought we were getting to the point in our relationship where I might start to fall in love with you, but your insecurities about how I feel about you have made it clear that I can never fall in love with you.”
“You’re a great guy, but I have so much baggage, and right now I have more bad days than good days…it wouldn’t be fair to subject you to that.”
“I still care about you, but I just don’t find my heart jumping out of my chest when I see you anymore.”
“I have lost all romantic feelings for you completely, and I desire no future relationship with you.”
“She’s exactly like you used to be – before you became a bitch.”
“I think you love me more than I love you.”
“Bad news, I met someone last night, and as I neither want to cheat on you nor bull**** you, we should keep seeing us as ‘friends’ only,…if it is OK for you?”
“I’m looking for a long-term relationship and I just can’t pursue that with you.”
“I think we both rushed into this relationship so fast but forgot to get to know each other. We should have taken our time. You can’t fall in love in two months but we were so keen to try.”
“We both have some of the qualities we want, but not all of them. I want nothing or easier.”
“I really feel that we have major differences…I like playing the accordion, and growing roses…you don’t.”
“The longer we are together, the less serious I am about you.”
“We’ve both grown up and changed, I love you, but that kind of love has changed, and it’s not the kind you want from me. I want us to be closest friends instead.”
“I feel like I’m changing, and though I do love you and I really like spending time with you, I’m not as ‘in love’ with you anymore..”
“I don’t think you have it in you to be a good mother. When I thought about marrying you, I only thought about whether you’d make a good wife…I didn’t think about whether you’d make a good mother too.”
“I don’t want the responsibility of someone else’s happiness.”
“I’m really sorry to have messed you about, but being with you has made me realise that I am gay and I can’t string you along anymore.”
“I feel alive when I am with her, but I am very grateful to you.”
“If you were about to say that you just wanted fun and no labels, I’d want to continue. But I think you want more.”
“You just know me too well, and that freaks me out. You know what I am going to do before I do it, so I can’t do anything.”
“I have no empathy for you just contempt and I think about suicide rather than staying with you.”
“Really, it’s not you, I’m just going through a selfish phase…”
“We don’t make each other happy, is that what you want to hear?”
“I feel like this break up has made our relationship so much stronger.”
“I really like you, you’re a lovely woman and we have great fun – you’re just not a long-term prospect.”
“Maybe we have too much in common. We are too much alike.”
“I don’t want you to feel like I’m breaking up with you. I just can’t be in a relationship with you anymore.”
“I know it took me two years to finally get you out on a date, but now I’m feeling tied down…”
“I just can’t live with the pathetic tickles that you call ‘sexual thrusts’ anymore.”
“I’m leaving you. Do you want me to go tonight or tomorrow?”
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