Would you rather have your heart broken slowly or in one single blow?

For me being broken slowly is better than a single hard blow because with being broken slowly will give you a precious time to figure out where the problem lies and find possible solutions. A single hard blow will make you come up with quick and blind decisions thus making regrettable conclusions. It is good for one to take things the way they are and learn to cop up with them

I'm not really sure I guess they both seem detrimental to a person's self esteem and there relationship. I do agree though that having it be a slow process would waste a person's time. And they could perhaps be doing something else with their time and life. Because once time is gone it's gone.

Agreed. To "let it bend before it breaks" is much more painful but at least you are spending time with that person if you are, sadly, enthralled by them.

One single blow is better in my opinion. Although there is never a 'better' way to get your heartbroken.. I feel one blow may be unbelievably painful but as with all things, you will heal. Over time.. I feel that too many pieces of your heart would have broken and trying to put yourself back together after a slow heartbreak would be difficult. More damage will always be done over time, than can be done in one single blow. Over time.. it's not only heart break you suffer but mental as well - which can change your perceptions of people, the ability to trust etc. I feel that, it's just too difficult to heal after you have been through a lot over time than would be after one big blow.