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Breaking it off...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by GBNF, May 13, 2009.

  1. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Was thinking the same thing.

    You could always just write her a letter--you know, with a pen---and snailmail it to her. That' kinda romantic.
     
  2. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    We're here for you, Moddy.




    :)
     
  3. GBNF

    GBNF Well-Known Member

    Maybe I'm a bit presumptuous, or maybe I think she's more into me than she actually is, but I think it's at the point where I'd be hurting her, rather than just her ego. So yeah, I'd like to do it civilly.
     
  4. lono

    lono Active Member

    You only need worry when she changes it to, "It's complicated."
     
  5. beanpole

    beanpole Member

    Four dates in, you can do it by phone. If you have a few weeks or months in, she deserves a face-to-face talk.
     
  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    She's married to ME. Complicated is normal.

    It's been 30-plus years since I've been in the dating field. WAY back when, afore most a you kiddies was born, three dates was the line. You hadn't "hit it" by the third date, wasn't going to happen, wasn't no sparks, everyone moved on. No calls necessary.
    Four really doesn't seem much beyond that, the sex angle aside. This isn't a long and deep and involved relationship. What's four dates these days, two weeks? Jeebus.
     
  7. novelist_wannabe

    novelist_wannabe Well-Known Member

    I think a post-it is the way to go. Of course, Carrie Bradshaw would beg to differ.
     
  8. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Be a jerk to her until she breaks up with you.
     
  9. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Moddy hints at the more complicated issue here: If you've slept together, maybe a phone call is kind of a dick move. But, it also might be exactly the right move too.
     
  10. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member


    Start eyeing up her friends once it says "In an Open Relationship."

    You could become an orgy guy.
     
  11. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I thought Chef was going to tell us a tale of what he did when his toe was frozen.
     
  12. How, ahem, productive were the four dates?
    The level of, ahem, productivity has a bearing on the emotiional intensity of the relationship and, therefore, on how to end it.
     
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