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Sometimes we attempt to overlook the obvious signs that a relationship has gone sour because we don’t want to admit it. This can be for many different reasons that range from being in a comfort zone to not wanting to admit failure. Other reasons may be that the couple truly cares for one another, but there is just something that makes the relationship unable to work. Whatever the reasons may be, you need to learn to recognize the signs so that you can avoid as much discomfort as possible when the two of you walk away. Delaying the inevitable is only going to make things more difficult.

One of the most obvious signs that a relationship is over is the desire to spend less time apart. The couple may begin spending more time with family and friends alone rather than with their dating partner. Of course, if this is something you have done throughout the relationship, this may be less obvious and more difficult to detect. However, you should be able to detect other signs such as staying out later on these outings than in the past or not calling to let your partner know you have returned. You may also choose to call just so your partner doesn’t worry but not spend time to discuss the events of the day as you once did. These outings may also increase in frequency as the relationship continues to decline.

As your relationship declines, you may find you are spending less time on the telephone. When you leave a message, your partner may take longer to return the call if he or she returns it at all. Instead of going out and enjoying yourselves, time together may be limited to sitting around watching television, an activity that doesn’t require much interaction. Dates may begin to include friends so that you don’t have to attempt to engage in meaningful conversation. You may also find yourself going to more public places such as ballgames and other sporting events you never attended before just to avoid too much close contact.

When you find yourselves arguing over stupid things, you know it’s time to move along your separate ways. Certainly every couple has times when they are going to pick a fight “just because,” but when it becomes frequent, you know that something is seriously wrong with the relationship. That is the point when you need to sit down and talk it over and decide if the relationship is really dead or if you are just on a plateau as sometimes happens.

Also, if you have been together long enough that your relationship includes intimacy, and that suddenly becomes less frequent or non-existent, you know you are truly on a downhill slide. Even within marriage a change in the frequency of intimate relations is a sure sign of severe problems within the relationship. When you put everything together, you have to look at the complete picture and know when it is time to say goodbye and walk away.

“Dear John…,” where the use of “John” was a generic name for a man; was the somewhat impersonal letters that date back to World War II when the soldier’s girlfriend couldn’t say “it’s over” in person. Many sad servicemen got “Dear John” letters from lovers back home announcing they had been dumped.

The modern version of a “Dear John” letter happens but it’s not a nice thing to do.

If you have decided not to date someone anymore, there is no need to give them a list of all shortcomings or cause them any more pain than is absolutely necessary. It may be difficult to do this in person and in a direct way however, the alternatives can have many, many lingering side effects.

In order to avoid a traumatic end to a relationship, some people choose not to break up in a direct way, but to simply to do a slow fade. Their calls become less frequent. They begin to argue and emphasize all the ways they are unsuitable for the other person. Eventually, unless the person being rejected is totally clueless, they usually realize what’s happening. The slow fade can backfire though with someone who just can’t take no for an answer. In most cases if you are sure you don’t want to be with someone, it’s best to let him down gently-but not so slowly that they don’t get the message and holds onto false hope.

Adults should be able to handle bad news, even if it hurts. Although breaking up with someone in a restaurant or other visible location theoretically should force your newly liberated partner to refrain from screaming, crying, throwing food, etc., in reality public dumping do cause public scenes – so this isn’t a recommended venue. Even if you are sure you don’t mind being the public center of attention due consideration needs to be given to the person that doesn’t know “bad news” is coming during an outing that would normally be filled with good news.

The kindest way to break up with someone in person is to do it in a private, quiet location. Breaking up with someone over the phone is also acceptable, but only if the relationship has been relatively short. If you are going to break up with someone over the phone, don’t blurt it out the moment your soon-to-be ex picks up. Ask if they are alone and available to talk. If they are not, delay the news until you can give them the courtesy of being in a position to handle it.

When you have the person’s attention, be firm, clear, and kind. Say that you enjoyed your time together, but affirm that your goal is to find the right partner and you need to keep looking. Be generous. Reiterate this person’s good points and avoid as much negativity as possible. Wish your ex-partner love, success, and happiness. Do not say “we can still be friends.” Maybe at some point you can be, but that’s not the right thing to say right now. You may get tears, anger, or pleading as a response. Listen and be sympathetic for a short time, but remain firm in your decision. Taking someone back won’t get you (or him) where either of you want to be.

Breaking up with someone can be extremely upsetting. You’ll probably try to plan out what you’re going to say and review the words in your head a thousand times before you finally say them. However, it’s best not to obsess over exactly the way you break up with someone, as the message will always be the same. Just be clear, firm, concise, and kind.

You’ve been going out with your partner for some time now. Tonight at dinner, they say, “We need to talk about us.” You know what is going to happen! Your heart is beating faster than a hummingbird’s wings. They takes something out of their pocket… you realize it’s the key to your apartment.

Few breakups are total surprises – you can sense them before they happen. Your partner’s attitude might suddenly change. They may become evasive, unavailable, distracted, or hot and cold. They may suddenly be very anxious or busy or pick fights with you over nothing. This behavior may be due to worries about work, family, health, or other significant problems. Perhaps a former love has returned or they just received some shattering news, like a medical diagnosis, that they are afraid to share with you for fear of rejection.

Whether you knew it was coming or not, chances are being dumped has got you feeling pretty down. The longer you have been in a relationship and the more emotion you have invested in it, the more it will distress you to realize that it is over. If you have been dumped by someone you really cared about, you may think that they will take you back and see the error of heir ways. In nearly every case, you’d be wrong! Whatever compelled your potentially perfect partner to want to end this relationship with you will still be there if you get back together. It is nearly 100% guaranteed that “round 2″ will meet the same success dismal success of “round 1″… it is a near certainty and covered by a simple question… “what changed?”

If you think something is up with your partner, be direct in expressing your concern. If you sense something is wrong, you are probably right, and you will need to deal with it.

No matter how bad the news or how much it hurts, breaking up and moving forward to find someone new is better than being in a confusing holding pattern.

Getting dumped is definitely a dating downer, but it also gives you an opportunity to move forward toward your goal if you look on the bright side. You didn’t make the match you have dreamed of just yet, but your special someone is still out there. Crossing one more person off your list who obviously isn’t ideal takes you one step closer to finding the right one-not just anyone.

Breaking up feels bad, maybe even horrible. But if you must end things, focus on the fact that if you don’t, you will be missing out by staying with someone who can’t satisfy your needs. Give yourself credit for having the ability to love, the wisdom to heal, and the courage to try again. Wish your former partner happiness and your good feelings will be reflected back to you. Stay firm in your belief that you will find the love you seek. The next time it will be even better, because you will be with the right person.

In time, you can and will get past the bad feelings, but first it helps to know what you’re about to face. There are four basic stages from grief to healing: denial, depression, anger, and acceptance. Depending upon how invested you were in the relationship, the healing process may take weeks, or it may take months. Try to look at this setback in a positive way. You took a chance on a relationship that didn’t work out, but you have learned from this experience and it has put you that much closer to finding the right person.

After a while, you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul,

You learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t mean security,

You begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises,

You begin to accept your defeats with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,

You learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans,

You find that futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight,

And after a while, you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul,

Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

You learn that you really can endure… that you really are stronger than the past 

And you really do have worth and you learn and learn…

With every goodbye, you learn.

Sometimes when you have been in a long relationship that has not worked and have just recently broken up, it is good to take a bit of time out for yourself before starting a new relationship. Often time between relationships is necessary to heal from various situations, feelings, thoughts and emotions, which caused your breakup. Your emotions are often very raw after a breakup and time is needed to heal. To take personal time out after a breakup is a good thing for many reasons.

First of all, after a breakup a person can feel so many emotions and have so many thoughts that they need to process before moving on. Often people feel hurt, angry, lost or upset from a breakup and these feelings need to be dealt with before starting again in a new relationship. If a person does not take time out for this purpose, they will possibly risk polluting the new relationship with emotional or mental baggage from the past relationship. To import negativity from a past relationship into a new one is sad, as it often causes a lot of unnecessary conflicts and hurts in the new relationship. In addition, when a person brings emotional or mental baggage into a new relationship, they are making the present relationship pay for the past, which is unfair.

Time out heals the spirit and allows a person to connect with themselves again on various levels. People need to know and appreciates whom they are, before expecting another person to know or appreciate them. People must be able to love themselves, before they are able to love another person. It is so important to feel an inner peace, contentment and happiness in yourself, independent of another person. When your own cup is full and you are happy and confident, you are ready to start a new relationship. You should want to be loved and not need to be loved. Wants comes from a place of confidence, while needs some from a place of dependence.

When taking time for one’s self, a person establishes a sense of independent happiness, which is the way to inner personal strength and confidence. When achieving this independence, look after you and all those things that you are. Pursue your interests and aspirations without depending on anyone to do it for you or get you through it. This does not mean becoming an island in which you don’t need anyone but rather, you want people in your life rather than needing them in your life.

To want something means you are strong in yourself. To need often means that there is some sort of dependency there. This does not mean that it is wrong to need things. All people need things and want things. It is just the balance between needs and wants that should be accessed in a person’s life.

Finally, to take time between relationships is advisable as it allows for a lot of personal growth in many ways that may not happen when in a relationship with someone. Every relationship has its demands on the parties involved and often personal time is balanced with mutual time. The important thing is that people find the balance and personal happiness that they require.

So you have ended an old relationship and are now making a fresh start. This sort of transition from one relationship to another can be either easy or difficult depending on who you are and what the circumstances are. There are six things that a person who is seeking a new relationship should consider as they search for that right person for themselves.

First, a newly broken up person needs the support of other singles so that they stay upbeat and positive about their situation of being single. It is important to bond with other singles so that you can develop new friendships and feel that you are not alone. It is when a person feels lonely that they either fall back into an old relationship that is not good for them or they jump into a new relationship too quickly. By bonding with other singles, the person can take their time to find someone new and enjoy the search more.

Next, after a break up a person should either work on a hobby that they currently have or perhaps explore a new hobby that may peak your curiosity. It is important that a person nurture the things that make them happy as an individual in this way. Often when a person is doing a hobby they enjoy doing, they lose track of time and get lost in the activity. This form of emotional or mental escape from the recent break up is good for a person. Taking time for you is essential for not rushing into any new relationship too soon.

Once a person starts a new relationship, they should remember to be sensitive to their new partner and not discuss the past on a regular basis. If a person is newly broken up, sometimes discussions about the past come up too easily and a person should be careful of this. You don’t want to drive your new relationship away with too much talk about the past and not enough focus on the present. It is important to talk about things other than the past, as it will just be better for everyone involved.

When newly broken up it is easy to fall back into the old relationship that you left for a temporary romance. For instance it may be tempting to go back for a night with your ex and then realize that you are broken up in the morning. This sort of thing is painful and should be avoided if possible. Also, if you keep going back to your ex, neither of you will be able to move on properly, as you may need to. Not to mention the fact that you may look occupied with your ex, when the right person passes you by. It is better to be alone and available than with the wrong person when the right one comes along.

Another thing that can help a person make a fresh start and leave their old relationship behind is to keep a journal. In this personal journal, they can write down all the lessons that they have learned from the past and also write down ways in which they want to change or do things differently in their present and future. To journal is healing processes that can help a person know when they have been, where they are and where they are going. This sort of exercise will bring a lot of inner peace and direction as a person makes a fresh start with a new relationship.

Are you debating whether or not you should end your relationship? Dating can be very challenging at times and sometimes a person needs to stop and consider the pros and cons before they can keep going. Let’s look at some of the things a person should evaluate when deciding if they should break up with their boyfriend or girlfriend or not.

First, a person should consider the good and bad things about their relationship. In fact, it would be helpful if they made a list of all the positives and the negatives and see what they come up with. Keep in mind that a decision should not be made strictly on which list is longer, but rather on the most important items in each of these lists. For instance, if there are 3 items in the list of positive things, which mean a lot to you and your happiness, these may be reasons to stay in the relationship. On the other hand, if there are many important items in the list of negatives, where your boyfriend or girlfriend does not meet your expectations, you may want to consider ending the relationship. It is strictly a matter of deciding if you can live happily with the way things that are distributed on your two lists.

It is also important to think about whether or not you can visualize a long-term relationship with the person that you are dating. Can you imagine being with this person that you are dating for a year, five years or perhaps even a lifetime? Maybe you can hardly imagine yourself with your current boyfriend or girlfriend for more than a week, in which case you should end the relationship before things get out of hand and complicated.

Another point to consider is if there is anyone else who you know who you are attracted to more than the person you are dating. If there is someone you would rather be with than your current boyfriend or girlfriend, it is better to end the relationship sooner than later. A yearning to be with someone else is surely a sign that the relationship that you are in is not the one for you. To prevent hurt in this case, you should end your current relationship and pursue that person who you want to date before things go too far. Perhaps it is a friend of yours who you have started seeing in a romantic light and are attracted to. Whatever the case may be, you need to follow your heart and do what is right for you.

When deciding to break up or not is whether or not your boyfriend or girlfriend puts you first. Are you the priority or does someone else or something else comes before you in importance to your partner? If you find yourself last on the list most of the time, you might want to take this as a sign that you should break up and move on with someone who values being with you more.

Finally, trust is a something that you want to consider in determining the destiny of your relationship. Do you trust the person you are dating or not? Perhaps they have given you reasons to distrust them, in which case breaking up may be the answer. In relationships where trust is missing, it is either a sign to move on or try to understand or fix what it is that is causing the distrust. Whatever you decide, you need to be true to yourself.