Break Up Method: I Met Someone Else

February 10, 2006 by NML

Don’t have the heart to tell someone that you’re leaving them without making out that you’ve found someone else? Afraid that not having someone to appear to be going to will leave the door open for the dumpee? Invent a new partner or tell them that you’re going back to your ex.

This is ideal when you suspect that the dumpee will struggle to accept it and try to find a way to keep things together. This is another example of a method that takes you down The Cowards Route. In this case, you soften the blow for yourself as you can pretend that you’re not so much of a heel but you also escape confrontation by not actually telling the dumpee the real reasons and fabricating someone instead.
NML’s Recommendations
- Plan your story well. There’s no point telling them that you’ve met someone if you don’t tell your circle and he bumps into one of them and they haven’t a clue about your story.
- Don’t overdo the details. You’re already telling a lie, don’t turn it into an Oscar epic.
- Do it a time pressured time so that you can make a rapid escape and you don’t have to get tangled in the explanation.
Ideal for: People that want to mimimalise confrontation by not giving the real reason, people that you need to remove hope, people who won’t listen to any perceived criticism.