The Naked Truth | How to end a relationship properly and gain closure, so that you can both move on
- It is important to show respect, decency and love when breaking up with someone, even at the end when love has faded
- How a person ends a relationship shows a lot about their real character, and some people will always take the easy – and cowardly – way out
There are so many ways to break off a relationship; at least 50, if you believe the popular 1975 song by Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
But is it acceptable to just slip out of your partner’s life without warning, justification or closure?
Some people choose to handle it this way because they want to avoid drama, but others think this is a cop out. It is bad to leave a relationship without setting things straight, a process that helps to gain closure – something that can benefit both of you.
When we pursue someone romantically, we tend to put in a lot of effort to earn their love. So when we quit, the least we can do is to give it a respectable ending. Your soon-to-be-ex partner is entitled to it, and you would probably agree if you were on the receiving end.
In today’s modern dating scene, some even choose the convenient-but-cruel way of “ghosting” someone by ceasing all communication and contact over an extended period in the hope that their former partner eventually gives up and moves on. I think disappearing on someone you once shared love and intimacy with is not only immature, but cowardly.
