Break-ups are so hard! Breaking up with someone is the hardest thing ever!
Okay... no. Just stop right there.
Break-ups are easy. They are so effing easy. Oh, if only you knew.
It could be as simple as, "We both know this isn't working out..." but no, you people choose to complicate your lives.
We, and I include myself in this, make a big deal out of 'hurting someone's feelings' when, in the end, in ten years time it will be like nothing ever happened.
And this coming from someone who has never been the dumper or dumpee; at least in the context of a relationship. Oh no, I am the person who breaks up with friends. But don't judge. Like any relationship, a friendship has the same phases.
Friends are an ultimate life-saver. They are there thru the good and bad. Boyfriends, family drama, shopping trips, they always have your back.
There comes a point in every relationship, or in this case friendship, where something that the other is doing is bothering the one. If it's something small, most will work thru it. If it's messy and complicated, the relationship will go to shit. At this point in my previous friendships, I have decided to cut my loses and let people go. It usually stars with ignoring them, stop answering texts or phone calls, and, if I really want to be all High School Musical about it, I delete them as a Facebook friend.
I know. You don't have to say it. I know...
After a good period of mourning the friendship I get off the floor and clear the dust off my jeans. This isn't one or two days, it's a couple of months. Do you still wanna call me cold-hearted? I thought so...
Break-ups are hard. This is a truth. But I believe that they need to be done. There comes a point where two people who shouldn't be paired up together, whether in a relationship or a friendship, have to cut their loses and walk away. Most don't like to do it, but guess what, it needs to be done.
Does it make me terrible to state this? Probably. Do I feel bad about it? Nope. It's not like I'm the only one who does it. I openly do it, and talk about it; I'm an open book, unlike most.
I don't know about you, but at least I acknowledge my shitty actions.
