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Again and again you read that someone was so tactless as to end a relationship via text message or email. But is that definitely a "no-go"? What about long-distance relationships? The answers are not easy.

Protect the feelings of the abandoned.
Protect the feelings of the abandoned.

End relationships with tact

  • If you see your partner every day, or at least once a week, then it's quite simply impossible relationship don't end in a calm and personal conversation. But as soon as you come to the conclusion that you no longer want to, you should also stop sending vows of love. Put yourself in the other person's shoes if your last email was that you were looking forward to the weekend with them, a thousand kisses were promised and then you broke up with them.
  • It is absolutely inappropriate to spend one last night together and after intimate caresses to tell the other that everything is over now. Avoid upfront messages that continue after one love sound that no longer exists. End the relationship at the beginning of the meeting.
  • But don't get off the train and say on the platform that it's over. Your partner should have the opportunity to digest the news in peace and without witnesses. Just say you need to talk to him urgently, alone. If you don't want to do this in your or his home, suggest taking a walk.
  • Expect the other person's emotions. Imagine this, but stand firm. There is no point in offering a continuation of the relationship out of pity if you don't want to. But show understanding for his pain.

The new media can also be tactful

  • The claim that ending a relationship via email or text message is not stylish is out of date. It depends on the nature of the relationship and the intervals between meetings. If you have a long-distance relationship where you almost never see each other in person and which is mainly carried out via the Internet or SMS, there is no reason for that separation to use another medium. The same goes for the phone. For the separation, choose the means of communication that you mainly use.
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  • But even in that case, you have to face each other's feelings. A message, it is over, is absolutely impossible if you refuse to communicate further afterwards. You should also not refuse a personal interview, but be ready to do so at the next opportunity. Just make it clear that your mind won't change. Don't make hope where there isn't any.
  • It may sound a little unusual that you can end a relationship correctly via text message, but consider the alternative. If you have been on the other side of the world for half a year or more and you are sure that the The relationship can no longer be continued, it is dishonest to leave the partner in the dark about it for months allow. Any message in which you say you miss him is a lie. So there can be situations in which it is right to use the new media to end a relationship.

Little etiquette for the end of the relationship

  • It is primarily about the feelings of the abandoned, this should be spared unnecessary grief. Anything that only serves to make life easier for those who want to leave is taboo.
  • Above all else, the partner deserves honesty. Stop pretending that you love him and look forward to seeing him again when you don't. Depending on the distance between you and the partner, this can mean that it is better to confess in an email, on the phone or by SMS that the relationship no longer has a chance. If you propose an unexpected meeting, the question arises immediately, why you want this. You can then answer poorly because you will long for him if you want to end the relationship.
  • No matter which way you end the relationship, make sure that the partner is in an environment where he can let his feelings run free without danger and in peace. For example, you have to be sure that an SMS will not reach him when he is driving a car.
  • Stay open for further contact, face his hurt feelings. This can also be done via the new media, if you have had a relationship about it before, you can also use this to deal with his separation pain.
  • Never promise that the relationship can continue once they meet. Make no hope when you are sure the end is final.

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