Different Ways People Break Up on Valentine's Day

So the decision has been made and you can't wait one extra minute, the time to break up is today (valentine's Day). Here's how people have gone about it, read all the ways you can approach this and decide which one would be your style. One thing is for sure, you will need courage, to potentially use cliche phrases or even patronizing speeches.

One of your options is to take the cowardly road and let the bomb drop in an email. If you decide to take this way you better take the day off and barricade inside your home. You might even want to protect your front door with the heaviest piece of furniture you own, or just bail out and go on vacation.

Some people hire professional breakup services, not really the nicest option. Some of these services will even send someone in person to break the news, and deliver a "Breakup Basket Gift" that includes a CD of break-up classic tunes with lots of chocolate. Very pricey by the way! But you can see it as saving the money you would've spent on a romantic dinner/date.

Other people resort to a friend to deliver the breakup on your behalf. If you want to go this route make sure that you ask a friend that didn't really get along with you partner, the chances that someone that liked your partner will this for you aren't that high.

If find the courage you should do it in person, I personally think that this is the best way to go about it. You don't want to leave a bad impression that represents you as a jerk and immature person. For this type of approach you should pick the typical setting, a fancy restaurant, this way your partner won't have the opportunity to make a dramatic scene, but then again you would know your partner better than I do, so think about how they might react.

Once you're at the restaurant, to be on the safe side order a meal and drink that you think won't stain that much, you never know, you might come out of the place covered with what you ordered.

Many people approach touch the subject by using the typical cop-out cliches like," It's me, not you", "You don't deserve to be with someone with so many issues like me" or "I have a hard time loving, and don't know how to do it". I know pretty lame but believe it or not people do this stuff.

Giving the overused patronizing speeches is also a route that is taken quite often, like "Destiny will put someone that will give you everything you need in your life, someone who will make you feel appreciated and special, because you are". Again, not the best way to go, but hey; there's all types of personalities out there right?

If you are going to use some of the lamest methods have the decency to at least practice your "speech" so you sound sincere when you say it.

Lastly, be mentally ready to answer the inevitable question, "How can you break things up on Valentine's Day?!" By the way this most likely won't be a rhetorical question.

I personally think that if you've been with someone is because there must have been chemistry and friendship to a certain degree, and because of this reason you owe the person the right for an explanation and a face-to-face break up. That's just the way I would approach it, who knows you might still have a friendship after all.