What are Your Reasons To Breakup with Your Boyfriend?

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Considering Breaking Up?

If you are in a relationship looking for reasons to breakup or wondering if you should break up with your boyfriend, the mere fact that you are asking this question indicates that something isn't right.

Typically, when you are happy you don't want to break up. Makes sense doesn't it?

So, if you don't know whether you should stay or go, why not sit down and analyze what is making your feel this way.

Get out a piece of paper and start righting down the pros and cons. What makes you want to stay and what makes you want to leave?

People don't want to leave for various reasons:
They don't want to be alone.
They are afraid they may not meet anyone else.
They are comfortable because it's familiar even though they're miserable.
They don't want to deal with the pain of the break up...and the list goes on.

The fact is, if you aren't happy, why stay?

If you are looking for reasons to breakup it's probably time to make a move.

There is a whole world out there waiting for you to embrace it, so don't sell yourself short. It simply isn't worth it and you don't want to miss out on really living a great life!

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Looking For Reasons to Breakup?

Are looking for reasons to breakup or do you have legitimate reasons to breakup?

Let's first deal with the fact that you may have decided that this person isn't who you want to spend the rest of you life with and you want to let them down easy.

So you are trying to think of reasons to breakup with him. The fact is that no matter what you say, it is still going to hurt.

You know, it's not a crime to fall out of love with someone. It's just that
you don't want to slam them to the ground with the reality that you want to
exit this relationship.

The #1 reason, of all of the reasons to breakup with someone is that you are not happy.

You mean you actually don't want to live your life in an unfulfilling relationship,
what a concept.

So now you have to break the news to someone that you care about and your
are looking for the best reasons to breakup to make it easy on both of you.

Following is a list of the most popular reasons to breakup:

You aren't ready for a serious committment.
It's not them, it's you.
You are going through something. (This one can keep them holding onto the
hope that once you get through the "something" you will still want them.)
You still have a lot of life to live before settling down.
You love them, but aren't "in-love with them.
You're confused and you need time.

It's nice to want to make it easy but the truth is telling someone
you don't want to be with them is tough.

You know you are going to be hurting them and unfortunately there is no
way around it. The truth is that sometimes things simply don't work out
the way we would like them to and this is one of those times.

If you were the one being rejected ask yourself, what is it that you would
want to hear? Of all the reasons to breakup, what would be acceptable?

The truth is always the best way to go. Unfortunately some people can't deal
with the truth and that is why we look for reasons to break up.

Being honest about ending a relationships is never easy but the truth will set you free.
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Legitimate Reasons to Breakup

If You aren't Happy, You Don't need a Reason! That is Your Reason

Sometimes you don't want to breakup... but you aren't happy and you actually have reasons to breakup with your boyfriend.

If this is the case you have to get real with yourself. You have to be brutally honest about the kind of relationship you are in.

Some people want to be in a relationship so bad that they put up with things they shouldn't. There is nothing good about this decision.

Staying in an unhealthy, unhappy relationship is like walking down a dead-end street hoping you are going to get somewhere and you go nowhere. You probably have more reasons to breakup than you want to admit.

You compromise you happiness and your life because you can't live without Mr.Wonderful. When the reality is you are the only one that thinks he's so wonderful.

Your friends can see and probably tell you too. Your family cringes to think that you don't think more of yourself to tell this jerk to "Hit the Road."

No one wants to see someone they love not being treated with love and respect and they can give you tons of reasons to breakup!

If you find yourself in a bad relationship when deep down inside you know you
should leave, it's time to do the thing you think you can't.

There are several reasons to breakup with someone who isn't treating you like
you deserve to be treated.

Here is a list of just a few:
You are unhappy MOST of the time.
You are the one who is always trying to make things work.
You are always hoping he will see the light and really fall in love with you.
You are constantly wondering if he is telling you the truth.
He has cheated on you and even though he says he's sorry, he still does it.
He is disrespectful to you in front of other people.
He isn't considerate of your feelings, ever.
He's controlling.
He doesn't make you feel good about yourself.
He puts you down.
You feel bad and he doesn't care.
You have to walk on eggshells around him.
You know deep down he isn't treating you right, but you keep hanging in there.
He says he loves you but he doesn't act like it.(Actions ALWAYS speak louder
than words).

The hardest thing to do is to accept the fact you are in an unhealthy relationship
and you know you should leave and look for excuses why they stay instead of reasons to breakup.

So many people stay thinking they are going to change the person. If you have
heard one thing that I have said so far, this is the one thing you need to
hear loud and clear.

PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE! What you see is what you get.

If you are thinking for one second that this person is going to miraculouly become
the man of your dreams....that is really dreaming.

You don't need reasons to break up, he is handing them to you. Now is the
time that have to love yourself enough to say, I've had enough and I'm not
going to take it anymore.

You are worth it!!!

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What reasons have you used to breakup with someone?

  • so confused Mar 15, 2010 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    Im not happy but when i try to think of a real reason to breakup i come up with nothing.. is it possiable for me to be happy without hurting him
  • Hypnosis-Expert Feb 18, 2009 @ 9:05 am | delete
    Great Lens. I rated it 5 stars... Check out my related lens on Relationship Breakup.
  • Dec 22, 2008 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    Tough decision to make! You give a good and detailed presentation here. Good job Susan.. 5 stars!
  • Sylviane_Nuccio Dec 20, 2008 @ 8:32 am | delete
    Great info for people in need to make this kind of tough decisions in their lives.

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