The Best Breakup Advice is the Simplest

You should note that this doesn't say the best breakup advice is the easiest. There's just nothing easy about it. With most things in life, just like breakup advice, the simpler the steps are to follow the better the advice is.

Why is that? It's best because people will find it a little more difficult to mess up simple, uncomplicated steps for one thing. Another reason it's so good is that people will actually put it into practice if it's simple enough. The final reason simple is best is that there is nothing to forget. There are few steps and even fewer lines to remember this way. Nothing important gets left out.

So, what's this simple breakup advice that's supposed to be the best?

Be Consistent about Breaking Up

Going back and forth or changing your mind not only sends mixed messages but it also gives the person you're supposed to be breaking up with a clear message that you're not really committed to ending things or attempting to make changes. Since there is something amiss in the relationship or you wouldn't be thinking about breaking up it's safe to say that this is not really the message you want to be sending.

Get to the Breaking Up Part

There's no point in "hemming" and "hawing" around the main message. Get to the meat of the matter so that you can move on to dealing with the fallout. Expect some sort of fallout. It hurts when relationships end and people deal with that pain in different ways. It could be anger, tears, silent misery, and a need for quick escape. You owe it to the person you once loved to allow them to deal with the break up as they need to. Delaying will only prolong the inevitable.

Be Honest but not Brutally Honest

There are times in life when brutal honesty is the best course of action. This is not that time. You want to be honest about your reason for breaking up but not at the expense of his or her emotional well being. This is a time when your ex is down. You just don't go around kicking people when they are down. It just isn't very nice. Be gentle but don't give false reasons for calling it off.

These may not seem like much but they do make for an effective method for breaking up. More importantly they are simple steps and that makes this the best breaking up advice you might see for quite some time.