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发表于 2011-5-15 20:30
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How to break up romantically
The other day when I’m chatting with a friend, he mentioned that more and more guys were choosing to end a relationship by making a phone call or even sending a message instead of the old-fashioned way of meeting the girl in person and ordering her maybe a cup of skinny latte to ease the pain afterwards, which was, quoted him, the more “romantic” way.
However, is there really a way to break up with somebody that can be described as “romantic”?
Let’s picture this, a guy, Tim, took his girlfriend, Betty, out to a fancy French restaurant where there was candle lighting and violin playing and everything, and he ordered champagne and stuff. The food tasted great, ambience was joyful, out of blue, Tim got down on one knee, looked straightly deep into Betty’s eyes and said: “ Betty, we had tons of funs these days, I’ve been doing some thinking,” pulling out a ring from his pocket, hopefully that it was a Tiffany, Tim continued, “Betty, do you like this ring?”
Well, isn’t that just an “aww” moment?
The girl sniffled, put one hand on her chest and responded, “It’s amazing, of course I like it, I absolutely love it, oh, Tim.” Then she would burst into happy tears looking back the days she shared together with her expectant fiancé, but not so fast, girl.
Let’s hear Tim out first: “Glad you do. I bought it for Stephanie. I’m going to purpose to her later, oh, God, I’m nervous.” sign relieved, “B.t.w, I’m here to break up with you.”
Then, Betty, it was time for you to start the water work.
Every single factor that can be counted as romantic included though, the scene is not so pretty, is it? Well, situation can get even uglier by Tim’s putting the ring away, getting up, leaving and saying: “One more thing I should mention, since I’m saving up to pay the installment for this extremely expensive ring, the dinner is on you.”
I guess now we all get the gist that it’s not going to be romantic whatsoever, cause it is breakup we are talking about, an occasion that is supposed to be filled with crying, quarrelling, cursing, slapping and dropping broken glasses.
All the incidents above which may happen during the meet-in-person one may have contributed to the increasingly significant use of electronic device in break-ups. In fact, the friend I mentioned earlier suggested that most guys chose the phoning, texting or even emailing over actually meeting the girl were out of the reason that they didn’t know how to “survive” the angry, sobbing, screaming girl, that they wanted neither to get slapped over face nor to be hit by a mug that was thrown at them, that they just didn’t want to get hurt.
Guys, while that is totally understandable, it is just the wussiest thing a man could ever say as well. If you want to break up with a girl, fine, at least do her the courtesy of meeting her in person and allowing her throwing at least one item at you. Honestly, after all that she’s been through, after all that she’s given to you, after all that she’s put up with you, doesn’t she just deserve a chance to blowing the anger by dumping something at you and hurting you a little bit? Let’s face it; she herself is being dumped and getting much more severely traumatized in the mean time.
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