Breaking Up With Someone

@AmbiePam (130965)
United States
March 21, 2026 4:16am CST
A discussion by @Traceyjayne about having an ex brought to mind something about breakups. Since the invention of cell phones and texting, people have actually started to chicken out and break up via text. The two times I’ve ever broken up with someone was in person. I felt like throwing up doing it, but it seemed rude to do it any other way. What do you think about this? I mean, I can’t imagine dating someone for a year, and suddenly you get a text apologizing for hurting you, but wanting to break up. So what do you think? *Please note I’m not including breaking up with someone prone to intense anger in which case I advocate breaking up any way you can safely.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (179050)
• United States
21 Mar
I've only broken up with someone face to face. I think I'd feel humiliated if someone I'd been dating for a while decided I wasn't even worth talking with a last time face to face.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (130965)
• United States
21 Mar
I think I’d try to tell myself that it said more about them than me, but wow, it would be hard to take.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (179050)
• United States
21 Mar
@AmbiePam You have to remember, I'm quite a bit older than you, even if I feel like we're contemporaries... I'd need closure and a text wouldn't/couldn't give me that.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222975)
• United States
21 Mar
I've only done it face to face. It's always tough when the other person isn't interested in breaking up.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (130965)
• United States
21 Mar
So true.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54673)
• United States
21 Mar
I feel the right thing to do is break up in person.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (130965)
• United States
21 Mar
I definitely do too.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (14486)
• United Kingdom
21 Mar
I would only break up with someone face to face …… Thanks for the mention by the way x
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Amber
@AmbiePam (130965)
• United States
21 Mar
Xavier Bage
@franxav (14642)
• India
21 Mar
I believe it is rude to break up via texting. But perhaps quite many people are not serious enough about their relationship to talk it over.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (37211)
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27 Mar
In my dating days cell phones were not so common, but even when they were, I would never break up that way. Bad Form! I mostly did it in person, a couple times over the phone. Sign of the times especially for teens I guess.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (213594)
• United States
21 Mar
I think it depends on the length of the relationship, a date or two text is OK otherwise in person or even phone. The worst is ghosting though .horrible.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (141284)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Mar
I would never do it by text
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (389437)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Mar
While I'd hate having to break up with someone, I'd only do it face to face. Any other way doesn't seem 'honest'.
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