Yes, love is just as arduous as it is beautiful..... that is the secret truth about love. Sometimes no matter how much you try, it's not meant to be. However, no matter how much it needs to end, there are decent ways to end it. So don't be mean.
Redditor u/schtiven wanted to discuss the end of love stories by asking.... What's the worst way to break up with someone?
Oh Hell No!
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Dude sent me a screen shot of him with my girl laying on his chest on Valentine's Day while I was overnight in a hotel for work many hours away. AHobosBandAid
The Kissing.
She started making out with another dude while we were at a party, all sitting on the same couch. That deflates the romance pretty quickly. HoochieKoochieMan
Jesus. That's rough. What do you do in that situation? Like, do you say something? Do you just stand up and walk away? What's the protocol here? eggs_erroneous
It's an Illusion.
I woke up to my GF giving my best friend oral, at a party (at my house). They both claimed it wasn't what it looked like. deadgoodhorror
Just Once More.
27 years or so ago, my ex wife made love to me, then right after while still lying in bed together in the afterglow she took off her ring and gave it to me and said she wanted a divorce. I couldn't believe she had done it that way, although I was ready for it to be over. She said she thought it would be the nicest way to do it... I thought it was pretty ruthless... whatever. heh. MrStrype
The Ghost.
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Make the decision hastily, tell everyone but them.
Ghost them.
Then send them an email to not their primary email that that they don't check.
Show up at their door step a week later asking to have them back. Gregorofthehillpeopl
Brutal.
I found out my ex and I weren't together after he posted an Instagram picture with his best friend of 3 years saying "It only took me 3 years to ask her out." jaclynguptaJ
eez this sounds eerily similar to what happened to my girlfriend's brother. His common law wife out of nowhere said she didn't love him anymore... later on that day, a mutual friend of theirs send him a pic from Facebook of her and the guy that the she was dating behind his back that the guy posed saying that said after being on and off for four years, she was finally permanently his...
Brutal. jrodag91
College Sucks.
My college roommate spent an entire weekend with his girlfriend from another state knowing he was going to break up with her. When he took her to drop off at the train station on Sunday, he waited until she was leaning in with the car door open to kiss him goodbye. Broke the news instead of kissing her, didn't even unbuckle and get out. She stood there stunned with bags on the curb and he closed the door and drove off. Corporate-Asset-6375
Just Leave...
Leave and never return, don't send any messages, block them from all social media, never tell them the reason. Losing someone who you thought was fine with you so suddenly in such a quiet and confusing way will really mess with someone's anxiety and self esteem. mathewmilan98
Christmas? Really?
Christmas Eve my ex got all of her gifts because we wouldn't see each other the next day because she would be "busy." Turns out she had been cheating on me with another guy and she just wanted to get her gifts. After packing everything she says oh yea we are done I'm seeing someone else and left. We were together for several years and engaged at that point but at least I got the ring back. Airbornesm
Everything is Normal!
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Go into a public place and act like everything is normal. Then pat yourself down as if your looking for something. Start frantically looking under and inside of random objects. When you feel an appropriate amount of time has past go back and tell em you've lost your feelings for them. Ka_Wawae
Last Christmas.
Tell them that they can spend Christmas in your guest room when they visit because someone else will be staying in their room with them. Spazznax
Holiday Greetings...
Over the internet on Valentine's Day, which also happens to be their birthday. yungkunt
Oof, I am guilty of this as well, all except the birthday part. I think 30 something me is still suffering the curse of this one from my teens as I am still single and have been the majority of the time since then while she has a great family, recently lost a bunch of weight and looks incredible. We've reconciled and are still friends but she never shies away from bringing that up whenever we see each other, rightfully so. helms11
Us.
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Back in high school (20ish years ago) I remember hearing about a couple having the following phone conversation:
Guy: Hey, guess who broke up today?
Girl: Who?!
Guy: Us! a_random_username
Not Bitter.
Hmm.... probably either on the second day of a 7-day trip, or on the second hour of a 9-hour bus ride where you still have to be within 10 feet of each other for the rest of the damn trip.
Not that I'm bitter or anything. MC_Lutefisk
The Bottle.
Bottle it, marry them, then spend 30+ years together. MadcapRecap
To be fair most people don't choose to bottle it up they just don't have the communication skills to address the problem. It never gets resolved in a satisfactory way because the other person doesn't even know what the hell is going on in your head. Pencilowner
Beautiful Words....
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"I clearly and really don't love you," he thought -
"Not even a quarter as much as I ought.
I know I should tell you -
I know I should say -
I know I should save you and send you away -
"But break-ups are horrid," he whispered with woe -
"And messy and awfully awkward, you know?
They're painful, disdainful and dreadful," he said -
"... so let's stay together forever instead." Poem_for_your_sprog
For the Mistress...
My boyfriend broke up with me by texting me asking how my day was. I said "fine, how was yours?" He responded with "Great had a fantastic day with my girlfriend." I was at work all day. We had been together for 4 years, and been living together for 2. He had been cheating on me, and decided to leave me for his mistress. Good times. xXRavelightXx
The Silences.
By not even communicating the break up but still communicating with them, while slowly becoming less and less talkative until they finally figure out that the relationship is over in their own. It's slow torture. Just be honest and straight forward. WilhelmGeistmeister
You're Just Evil.
When you're a politician and your wife gets cancer, tell your campaign finance manager, "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." Then you file for divorce while she's in the hospital.
You later file for divorce from your second wife after she's diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. MakeItHappenSergant
The Redheaded Saint.
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Pick out another dude you think is a little cute, sex him at work a few times, bring home crabs and chlamydia, claim that BOTH are really only fleas from my virgin SAINT of a dog, and spray paint my car for not "being cool" about everything afterwards because I should "know how redheads are!" Oh, and then try to kidnap the same dog who's reputation you attempted to besmirch. It's been 12 years now, Stephanie, but I really should buy you a trophy or some crap for that, you crazy redheaded fool. ForayIntoFillyloo
In fact, some mistakes are so astronomical that they're remembered for decades afterwards, leaving the one who made the mistake a legacy of being a dumba**. Here are a few of them!!!
U/ronjans24 asked: What was the biggest mistake in human history?
Some may argue that the existence of the Universe was a mistake. I disagree. It was clearly Zayn leaving One Direction. But these next few were pretty bad too.
If you do the math, this is also the reason why Hentai exists.
I'll say the wrong turn Franz Ferdinand's driver made that went right in front of Gavrilo Princip.
EDIT: yes I'm aware war may still have broken out even if Franz Ferdinand wasn't assassinated
Imagine you're Gavrilo Princip. The assassination plot you and your friends had been cooking up for about the last year or so has been a complete and total disaster, just a monumental f*ck-up of the highest degree. You're staked out at this deli thinking maybe, just maybe the car will pass by, and by some stroke of sheer luck, it does.
If you're Princip, this is nothing short of serendipity.
Petition to return to the ocean.
Ocean Surf GIFGiphy"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
This was, in fact, a monumental mistake.
Sears not beating Amazon to the punch.
Blockbuster not buying Netflix.
You thought THOSE were bad? Well gear up for their next few, because they are 100% accurate. Except the one about Cats, that movie slaps.
I don’t know sports, but sure.
Seahawks not running it.
I used to wear a Seahawks jersey whenever I took a test because I knew I would pass when I shouldn't.
CATS is great, y'all are just boring.
GiphyThe Emoji Movie.
That live action movie about Cats is also up there.
Very fair point.
Social Media.
Humans are not wired to have that many social interactions and maintain that many relationships. Plus the echochambers it allows people to create for themselves, no matter how conspiratorial or vile their beliefs, means that stupid/evil people are no longer shunned into changing their mind.
Not sure it was worth being able to see what a celebrity had for lunch or what new "dance" your younger cousin and her tween friends are doing.
But in all seriousness, some horrible things may now have happened if the right thing was halted at the right time.
Washington called it.
George Washington Disney GIF by Hamilton: An American MusicalGiphyVoting for people based on what side of the political spectrum they're on. George Washington himself advised against political parties because he thought they would cause too much division in this country. Unfortunately for everyone, he was right.
Big oops on that one.
Barack Obama mocking Donald Trump at the Correspondents Dinner might have led directly to his 2016 run....
"Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald," Obama said. "And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"
Then he turned serious: "But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example — no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of 'Celebrity Apprentice' — at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled."
This is the best Star Wars and no one can change my mind.
I'll take 'Star Wars Christmas Special' for $100.
That atrocious pile of manure gave us Boba Fett, so without the Christmas Special there won't be The Mandalorian.
Wow, in this article, I openly admitted my love for Cats AND The Star Wars Holiday Special. So maybe my existence was the biggest mistake of all.
ANYWAY, I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you all feel a little bit better about yourself. Because when push comes to shove, at least you didn't accidentally start World War I