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I'm thinking the receiving end. I would expect a sense of relief in the person doing the breaking and not the lingering effects.
by protomyth 11y ago
I'm thinking the receiving end. I would expect a sense of relief in the person doing the breaking and not the lingering effects.
- glibgil 11y agoUm, did you see the guy's photo? I'm going to guess no one breaks up with that guy unless he does the old trick of acting like a jerk until the other person wants out.
- protomyth 11y agoIt is true for all, no matter how beautiful - someone, somewhere is tired of that person's crud. [edit: this is true for all sexes but I guess the unkind reader will think beautiful doesn't apply to guys]
- sundaeofshock 11y agoSome studies suggest we date people of compete able attractiveness. Whoever he was dating was most likely as good looking as him and would not consider it a blessing to stay with him.
- Jtsummers 11y agoPlenty of people that are attractive and good (or at least non-jerks) that get broken up with. They don't necessarily have to be a jerk, just not a good match for their partner. Politics, views on marriage, mismatched libido, kids, etc.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoI dated someone once who was really great, did everything right, perfect on paper. However we broke up because I just didn't feel anything, there was no chemistry and sex was boring and lifeless. Sometimes that happens and its nobody's fault.
- 6stringmerc 11y agoYeah that slower rate for a bit before spiking back up, to me, indicates the reflective questioning of "Why?" that would likely come about after just a shade of downtime.
- ihsw 11y agoYou'd be surprised how stressful it is to break up with someone. You don't want to lose a friend but it is in your best interests to do it.
- alwaysdoit 11y agoSure, but presumably there would be a pattern of rising stress levels leading to the event. This looks like a square wave, which indicates an instantaneous change from one state of stress to another, which would indicate he was the party receiving the bad news.
- protomyth 11y ago> You'd be surprised how stressful it is to break up with someone. I'm human and 45, I'm really not surprised, but I'll play the odds on who did what to whom.
- duaneb 11y agoI don't think I could ever experience just relief breaking up. It's never that black and white of "I don't want to be around them at all"; you invariably miss the person you were spending all your time with.
- oldmanjay 11y agoBe careful making blanket statements about things you can't possibly know. I've had breakups that were unmitigated relief, due to my having horrible taste.