50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

Parting should not be that complicated. A relationship is only valid while both parties want to be in it. If any party opts out, well then that is it. As somebody once said, a relationship is too big for one, too small for three but just right for two.

But it is not always that easy. Sometimes the other party does not see it this way and then a person who could have been remembered with fondness, suddenly leaves a foul taste in your mouth.

How do you handle the phone calls after midnight containing phrases like ‘I’m going to kill myself’ and ‘You were just after my body’ or maybe, if it was a male who got the boot, something like ‘You were just after my money’. And sometimes you may even get threats and blackmail as a side dish.

You can hang up the phone knowing that the person will call again the next night... if not immediately.

Alternatively, you can offer poison or a rope, but the outcome to that could be horrendous. Nobody wants that on his or her conscience.

Or you can try to try to placate the person knowing all too well that it will not be longer than a few hours before the next call.

And as a last resort, you can make up again, which will be futile, for it will only postpone the inevitable for a short while. If you still wanted to be with the person, you would not have broken it off in the first place.

How do you deal with it, or are there other alternatives?

Shakespeare once said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I suppose he was talking about a different kind of parting.


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