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What's it like knowing you're going to break someone's heart?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I've never had a relationship end where I initiated the end. All have been mutual break ups where we understood we were not going g to work, or that we were drifting in different directions - and when I was younger I was always the dumpee.
I'm just curious, from the perspective of men and women who do the breaking up, what's it like if the relationship was good, but you couldn't be with the person anymore for whichever reason, and knowing you're about to really upset someone?
It's Monday after all. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"When a relationship reaches that point you don't consider that you're breaking their heart. You know things have to end and just do it..."
Really, not even if the relationship up till recently was good? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's rather horrid, and I daresay it's easy to think about yourself and how awkward you feel, as opposed to just the other party.
All you can do is be honest and considerate.
People leave, but how they leave stays forever. |
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By the time this happens I normally would have weighed up the pros and cons. The last time I did it was to end a long long long term marriage and it took absolutely ages to part finally. It wasn’t nice. Almost a year separated now and he still hasn’t quite come to terms with it going by the inappropriate messages he still sends. We have to see each other regularly which doesn’t help. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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never happened to me either.two ex husband's but nothing long term after my divorces.i have never broken anyone's heart in my life because i dont allow men to get close to me. |
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It's not very nice. The only times I ever did it the relationship was on the rocks anyway. The fact that neither of them realised this was an indicator of how little they took my requirements into account. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Really hard if there's been no cheating or any other specific problem. If it's just you've drifted apart it's so difficult to do, and you feel like a heartless bastard. But it's better than letting resentment build by sticking it out too long. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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However bad it may be, anyone reading this and thinking about it, just do it. The alternative is unbearable, because if you stay and don't want to, you may end up cheating, and that is far far far worse!
My wife destroyed me by having an affair, and changed me forever. I still do not trust anyone in my life. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"However bad it may be, anyone reading this and thinking about it, just do it. The alternative is unbearable, because if you stay and don't want to, you may end up cheating, and that is far far far worse!
My wife destroyed me by having an affair, and changed me forever. I still do not trust anyone in my life. "
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"I've never had a relationship end where I initiated the end. All have been mutual break ups where we understood we were not going g to work, or that we were drifting in different directions - and when I was younger I was always the dumpee.
I'm just curious, from the perspective of men and women who do the breaking up, what's it like if the relationship was good, but you couldn't be with the person anymore for whichever reason, and knowing you're about to really upset someone?
It's Monday after all."
It's tough and the devil on one shoulder will be telling you to do it and the angel on the other will be giving you reasons not to.
If it's to get straight into another relationship I wouldn't as that's rubbing someone's nose in it so take a break first.
Life's short, be happy |
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2 serious relationships.
1st, we were good friends that got together, then realised we made better friends.
26yrs on, he's still one of my best friends & the father of my oldest child.
2nd, I ended it to save myself & our children.
His feelings were totally irrelevant by that point.
It was nasty, bitter & vicious. He wouldn't accept it was over, couldn't see what he'd done wrong.
It took another 7yrs for him to finally stop pestering me, controlling my life - When he met someone else.
I don't there's an answer to your question OP, as it all depends on the person, the relationship & why you're splitting up. |
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By *lan157Man
over a year ago
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"What I meant to go on to say was, at what point do your wants outweigh someone else's pain? "
When the person leaving becomes indifferent to the pain he or she is causing I would suggest. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When my friends husband left her for another woman he told her he loved them both. If that was really the case why, when he saw how terribly hurt she was, didn't he stay with her?
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Sounds cowardly and unfair of him to say that knowing he was leaving. Like he was trying to make it easier on himself without caring that it wouldn't give her proper closure. |
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"What I meant to go on to say was, at what point do your wants outweigh someone else's pain?
When the person leaving becomes indifferent to the pain he or she is causing I would suggest. "
And there can be all sorts of reasons for that indifference |
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"When my friends husband left her for another woman he told her he loved them both. If that was really the case why, when he saw how terribly hurt she was, didn't he stay with her?
Sounds cowardly and unfair of him to say that knowing he was leaving. Like he was trying to make it easier on himself without caring that it wouldn't give her proper closure."
I suspect he thought she would gain some comfort from thinking that he still loved her. In fact she did. I didn't understand it then and I still don't. It was obvious he either didn't love her or loved the other person more. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've never had a relationship end where I initiated the end. All have been mutual break ups where we understood we were not going g to work, or that we were drifting in different directions - and when I was younger I was always the dumpee.
I'm just curious, from the perspective of men and women who do the breaking up, what's it like if the relationship was good, but you couldn't be with the person anymore for whichever reason, and knowing you're about to really upset someone?
It's Monday after all."
It's devastating I can't do it I tell you |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's devastating. Because you've been with that person and although you may not want to be with them in a relationship it's likely you do still love them. But it's not fair on them or you to stay if you're unhappy. You both deserve better. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's devastating. Because you've been with that person and although you may not want to be with them in a relationship it's likely you do still love them. But it's not fair on them or you to stay if you're unhappy. You both deserve better. "
exactly this
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's devastating. Because you've been with that person and although you may not want to be with them in a relationship it's likely you do still love them. But it's not fair on them or you to stay if you're unhappy. You both deserve better. "
and I'm not just saying that coz you're naked
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Heartbreaking, worst thing I've ever done ending my marriage. But the kindest thing is to let them go before anything becomes deceitful. True believer in treating people with the love and respect they deserve. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The last time I did it, I turned it round by asking how he thought the relationship was going and opening up the conversation. By the end it was a mutual thing and we left it on good terms, with a distant friendship still there.
I would hate to string someone along either through cowardice x |
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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago
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" It's rather horrid, and I daresay it's easy to think about yourself and how awkward you feel, as opposed to just the other party.
All you can do is be honest and considerate.
People leave, but how they leave stays forever."
How they leave stays forever, so true. I know my marriage wasn’t perfect (although didn’t see quite what happened coming) but I’ll never forgive my ex for his cowardly and disrespectful behaviour to both me and the kids when the end came for us. It’s not something I dwell on, but it’s like I never knew that man at all |
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"Can I ask, at what point do you know you are going to break their heart, or how do you know you will break their heart would be the better question..? "
Sometimes you don't realise because the behaviour of the person you're leaving gives every indication that they have no love for you. Their heartbreak comes as a surprise to you and them because they don't believe you'll ever leave and don't think they need to put any work in to a relationship. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Can I ask, at what point do you know you are going to break their heart, or how do you know you will break their heart would be the better question..?
Sometimes you don't realise because the behaviour of the person you're leaving gives every indication that they have no love for you. Their heartbreak comes as a surprise to you and them because they don't believe you'll ever leave and don't think they need to put any work in to a relationship."
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Really hard if there's been no cheating or any other specific problem. If it's just you've drifted apart it's so difficult to do, and you feel like a heartless bastard. But it's better than letting resentment build by sticking it out too long."
My ex husband and I drifted apart but once we decided to split he turned into a total **nt, so I hope his heart is in a billion painful pieces  |
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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago
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"It's devastating. Because you've been with that person and although you may not want to be with them in a relationship it's likely you do still love them. But it's not fair on them or you to stay if you're unhappy. You both deserve better. "
This |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It's not very nice. The only times I ever did it the relationship was on the rocks anyway. The fact that neither of them realised this was an indicator of how little they took my requirements into account."
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's not very nice. The only times I ever did it the relationship was on the rocks anyway. The fact that neither of them realised this was an indicator of how little they took my requirements into account.
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Sorry to hear that babe |
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"It's not very nice. The only times I ever did it the relationship was on the rocks anyway. The fact that neither of them realised this was an indicator of how little they took my requirements into account.
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It was years ago and I learned a lot  |
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