How do you break up with someone without hurting their feelings? Men and Women answer?

Answer 1

Well unless the "someone" is tired of you and wants to move on themselves and will be relieved to hear what you have to say - -
i`m afraid there`s just no way round it - they are gonna be hurt, end of. There`s just no way to deliver bad news that doesn`t hurt. Of course be as gentle as you can, and don`t say something like, "it`s coz i`ve met someone better lookin...."

Answer 2

There is no actual way of breaking up with someone without being sure that you are not going to hurt the others feelings. But my suggestion to you is to sit down with the person...IN PERSON.... and explain to them why you do not feel that you should be dating anymore. give exact reasons. You never know maybe you will come to an understanding and you can start things over or you will find out that it was all for the best.

But to make a long explination short... Someone will almost always be hurt.

Answer 3

There is no way of breaking up with someone without hurting there feelings.

What I would do is be honest with them. Don't do it over the phone or at a public place. Go somewhere private have them sit down.

I'm not really sure why you want to break up. I would tell them that you don't want to stay in a relationship when you are having second thoughts and later on hurt them even more.

I would sit down before hand and make a list as to why you want to break up. Hopefully, it's not because you met someone else and want to date them, but even if it is. It's better than you cheating on them.

Answer 4

well there isn't actually a way to break up with someone without hurting them. It's gonna hurt that person no matter what. And my best advice would be to tell that person the honest truth on why you broke up with them. Don't go and tell your friends something else when you know that that person will find out if you didn't tell them the same thing. Good luck buddy!!

Answer 5

You can't. When you enter into a relationship, there's a potential for hurt feelings. It's a part of life. There are less hurt feelings if you are 100% clear with the other person how you feel. If I were being broken up with, I would want the breaker-upper to be 100% honest with me about how he feels. The truth hurts, but it hurts more when it's covered up and figured out later.

True story: My now-ex (long distance relationship) came to visit one weekend and was acting wierd. Later that night he said that he wanted to "re-evaluate the relationship," when what he really wanted to do was break up with me, but he didn't want to hurt my feelings. What happened was after a weekend of upsetedness and much crying, we decided to stay together. A week later I figured out that "re-evaluate the relationship" meant "I want out," and I called him and told him that I didn't feel like he loved me, wanted me, or needed me, and he didn't say anything--dead silence on the end of the phone, which said it all. It would have been better for me if he had just come that weekend and said that he had fallen out of love with me, and didn't want to be with me anymore. I would have been just as upset, but would have at least known the 100% truth, not the sugar-coated, I-don't-want-to-hurt-your-feelings verison.

Tell them the 100% truth. It'll take time for them to process it and get over it, but they don't have to wonder what you really meant when you said what you said.

Answer 6

Well, breaking up implies rejection, and rejection hurts. There is no easy way to avoid the pain that rejection causes. You just have to realize that the person will be hurt, and maybe try to ease that a bit by offering them an apology that things just did not work out. Not much else you can do.

Answer 7

its true it will hurt no matter what and no matter how long the relationship was even a day hurts! yes say you are sorry and give a flower u can also take the person out to a nice quiete place dont do it in public it alot worse that way!!!!!!! oh and if its someonr u met on line send a foto of a flower or if u cant just tell them u love them but that you feel its not working out sorry and that u would still like to b friends friendship is forever!!!!good luck!!! FREEDOM!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Breaking up is defined as the world most nightmare and it definitely will hurt and linger around them for sometime.No one is born with the ability to forgive the very next moment!We can try to ways to put it up in a nice way but whatever it is " The hurt still stays ''

Answer 9

well this question is like how do you poke someone in the eye without them knowing about it ?

if you break up with someone, means you are telling them that you want to end the relationship - surely this relationship exists because you two like or liked each other to begin with. in a break up, for one of the two people it is always more hurtful than the other.

you cant break up with your bf/gf without hurting them at all. you can hurt their feelings less if you told them gently, explained yourself and tried to make them understand rather than say abondon them or cut them off - that would hurt more.

but i believe in destiny - whats meant to happen, always happens, and whatever happens is for good.

good luck

Answer 10

Have a good reason, don't use the ''it's not you it;s me'' line, women don't fall for that anymore. Be honest about how you feel and just tell the truth. Always make sure you do it face to face, and be prepared for anger and tears. It's one of the worst things to do, but better for you both in the long run, you have to be cruel to be kind.

Be a gentleman about it and let her down gently but make sure you make it clear that it's over, don't leave room for misinterpretation.

Good luck