What do you think is the proper way to break-up with your partner?

I think the best way to break-up with your partner is in person but you can send her/him hints through text messages so that he/she will be more prepared when you finally see meet in person to settle the situation. I think you need to be really honest in expressing why you wanted the break up. Give her/him time to express his/her side but still be firm in your decision -- do not allow him/her to persuade you to stay because eventually things have to end anyway...i mean do not try to give her/him false hopes that you will come back. After finally breaking up, have the courage to cut off all communication paths with him/her. Give the other person space to recover from the break up...and you also deserve the same space too. Breaking up is never easy but you have to do it right or it will haunt you forever. Nobody wants some unfinished business to bother them in the future...right? :)

Well i think that the best way to break up, is by taking the person out for dinner and talking over why you feel that the relationship wont work. It may be a bit forward, but you really need to talk face to face, instead of just point blankly saying, that i cant go on with you.

The best way is to talk with your partner in person. Be honest enough and tell him/her the reasons why you wanted to break your relationship with him/her. It is very important to be open-minded, try to listen to your partner's point of view regarding this break up. Let each other talk.

I think the best way to split up with your partner is in person. It is best to talk calmly and quietly. It is not a good idea to say hurtful things or start arguing. It is a nice idea to say that you have fallen out of love, think you are not compatible or tell your partner another reason for splitting up. In some cases if you split up with your partner in person they might start crying, shouting, hitting you or throwing things. This would make things very difficult. So I think with a person like this it would be more sensible to split up by telephone conversation. If a partner gets very nasty it would be best to call the police. Sending a text message to split up with your partner would be rather mean if they have no idea your relationship is about to end. A letter or an email would be a better idea. It should be polite and wish them well for the future.

i better break him up personally to let him know all my reason and to make it clear to him... coz if you do it by letter text or in phone... he will not understand it completely... telling him the truth personally shows respect

Do it in person. Don't be a coward and do it through text message, phoning or outright avoidance! Don't do it through lying or trying to make a dramatic event, that is completely distasteful! Why? Because if you have wasted someone else's time, effort and completely disregard their emotions for your own selfish gains, you should at least have the decency to confront that person 1 on 1 and end it. Don't insult a person or use cruel statements either! Life has a way of eviscerating you and leaving you to suffer if you do. Don't like the response? Whatever. Tough to you!

For me personally it'd be in person ideally....I would want the same respect shown to me if someone wanted to break up with me so naturally I'd give the same...the ONLY reason I would end up doing it over the phone is if the relationship was violent OR we were on the phone and got into a fight and it just blurted out of my mouth in the heat of the moment.. I think breaking up via text message or answering machine, email etc etc is super tacky but thats just me...

Hello ericajoyce, I think the proper way to brak-up with your partner is to meet and talk in person face to face. For me its a life changing decision to its best that break-ups be done in person. That way there be a chance to talk things and clarify matters and reasons of the break-up. I think its much easier to part ways that way and there would be no more questions after you've talked. Also makes it possible for the persons involved to become just friends. Breaking up by text messaging, phone or a letter I think is too impersonal. It be hard to end it that way for there will still be some questions left unanswered if its done that way. Its hard to make someone understand how you feel if your not facing that someone in person. :-)