Holiday break ups are the worst
The holidays are where relationships go to die. If they’re going great, sure, most of the time will be happy. But you will still have to deal with the inevitable pains and logistical concerns that go with the territory of going back home, going to each others’ places, and all of that nonsense. The worst, though, is when you’re stuck in a relationship you know is terrible and yet you still make justifications about just making it through the holidays and THEN breaking up afterwards. You don’t want to break her heart now, while emotions are at their peak, do you? And isn’t it pleasant to have someone to share the holidays with anyway?
Wrong answer.
As this eye-opening column over at AskMen.com breaks down, holiday break-ups are terrible… but they have to happen. If you don’t go through with it, all you’re doing is putting off the inevitable.
If you’re sitting in a relationship right now that you’re not happy with, break it off. Why celebrate the holidays together? Why bear the moments of having to look in each other’s eyes on Christmas and New Year’s and force yourself to tell her loving words? Why buy her a gift that you don’t really want to give her? Why make her feel like maybe the relationship has a chance to survive, especially if the relationship hasn’t been good?
Here’s how you break up during the holidays: You do it the same way you break up the rest of the year. You’re honest with her. You’re honest about what you want and why it’s not working out.
Precisely. So, if you’re stuck in a terrible relationship, get out of it now before the mess of the holidays. You may think you’re doing her a favor by sticking around through the cold winter, but that’s more a lie everyone tells themselves. There’s no right time to break-up with someone, just as there’s no wrong time.
