My partner of 8 years is thinking of leaving me. He gave notice on our apt without telling me. I'm dying inside. I don't know what to do. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 14, 2009 - 61 answers

HeartbreakFilter: Help me come to terms with the end of my relationship and quit being in denial. [more inside]
posted by mesha steele on Dec 1, 2009 - 22 answers

Seeking short-term coping mechanisms for being productive in school during a devastating breakup, and for comedy TV I can watch to help me through it. Long story inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 8, 2009 - 32 answers

How do I break up with someone whom I love and am happy with day-to-day? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 30, 2009 - 28 answers

I love my girlfriend. We've been together for two and a half years. Should we break up? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 6, 2009 - 40 answers

How to say goodbye to someone you love? [more inside]
posted by Direwolf on May 19, 2009 - 21 answers

Is it wrong to leave a mostly-ok 10-year relationship because you've found someone new that you're passionate about? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 28, 2009 - 65 answers

When it comes to love . . . where's the line between deserving to have certain expectations fulfilled, and having standards that are too high? In particular I'm curious to know if you ever ended a relationship with someone you were in love with, and then went on to fall in love with someone else in a deeper and more enriching way. [more inside]
posted by lblair on Jan 11, 2009 - 21 answers

Relationship Filter: Are we just not good for each other, or am I actually just screwed up from my family and last relationship? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 4, 2008 - 25 answers

Two weeks after my girlfriend treated me to the most thoughtfully-indulgent birthday weekend imaginable, I broke up with her. Just a week has passed since we went our separate ways, but that means two weeks until what would have been our three-year anniversary and three weeks until her birthday, upon which I would otherwise be reciprocating her generosity. Is there anything I can do or say or give to mark the occasion appropriately? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 1, 2008 - 45 answers

Relationship Filter: My boyfriend needs "space". Now what? [more inside]
posted by chara on Aug 31, 2008 - 50 answers

Does dating through craigslist actually work? [more inside]
posted by spamguy on Aug 28, 2008 - 39 answers

How do you break up with someone you love, for purely selfish reasons? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 18, 2008 - 28 answers

Should I have a heavy conscience or is it none of his business? [more inside]
posted by osloheart on Apr 27, 2008 - 23 answers

Lovelifefilter: I have a chance to reconcile with my ex, how can I not blow it? [more inside]
posted by Sianion on Apr 17, 2008 - 33 answers

I recently broke up with my girlfriend. The reason I ended it was because I realised that I had been gradually developing strong feelings for one of her close friends (and it’s very possible that her friend had feelings for me). My feelings for her friend were not going away and this was causing me a lot of hurt. I felt that the right thing to do was to break up and walk away from the whole situation. Will the truth allow my ex to move on or will it just upset her unnecessarily? [more inside]
posted by bluespacemonkey on Jan 27, 2008 - 31 answers

Help, I can't stop working or loving! How can I move on when I can't pause long enough to get over my relationship? Speed my heart-mending, Mefites. [more inside]
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! on Dec 11, 2007 - 10 answers

My girlfriend broke up with me. Yeah, this is one of those questions... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 27, 2007 - 41 answers

Should I break up with my boyfriend? Or 'play the field'? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 31, 2007 - 40 answers

Having trouble dealing with an ex's post breakup conduct. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 11, 2007 - 34 answers

Loved him, resented him, detached from him, hated him, but I'm back to loving him: How to re-ex someone you loved, lost, and loved again? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 12, 2007 - 13 answers

Why does someone still insist on saying maybe I'm in love w/you? [more inside]
posted by purplestarz on Dec 31, 2006 - 12 answers

To stay with my girlfriend of two years, or break it off as soon as possible? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 22, 2006 - 38 answers

Should my boyfriend and I break up? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 17, 2006 - 30 answers

Recently I broke up with my girl of 10 years....my best friend. I'm entierly shattered and heartbroken. I wanted her to be the mother of my children when the time came, and now she's gone. Is there anyway to make this work? Warning: LONG post inside [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 9, 2006 - 69 answers

I have no problems falling in love - it's falling out I need some help with. [more inside]
posted by luftmensch on Dec 13, 2005 - 29 answers

Three months ago, my then-girlfriend and I broke off a 2.5-year relationship. We were doing it long-distance for the entirety of it, though that never hurt us. Two summers we lived together, too. We had started to fight a lot later—usually about stupid things—and basically just started to drive each other nuts while we were apart. When we were together in person, things were wonderful, but we had to support each other across the hundreds of miles, too. It was a mutual break-up for the most part: she wanted to take a month off, but I said it was inappropriate for us to pretend to be with each other when we're really trying to get away. This may have been the biggest mistake of my life. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 29, 2005 - 46 answers