Ending a relationship

It's always sad to have to end a relationship because it falls apart and you're left standing in the ruins of a love story.

In these fast-moving times, a long marriage that may be heading toward its golden wedding anniversary has become rather rare.
How do you end a relationship these days? In the past, people still did it face to face, in person. Ending a relationship: now it also happens by text message (short message service), email, WhatsApp or on the phone.
Which relationship status is current right now, namely in love, engaged, married, divorced or widowed, everyone knows best for themselves.

Ending a relationship: what went wrong?

For many couples, a relationship often ends in disaster and a War of the Roses. While some split up quite quietly and inconspicuously, for others the mudslinging is huge and is often blown up in the media. You've seen it hundreds of times, for example with Brangelina, that is Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Tomkat, that is Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, etc. Many German celebrities also like to split up in a media-friendly way. The breakup of Sarah Kern from her second husband, for example, was extremely dramatic. People are bored and annoyed by constant on-again, off-again relationships, and D-list celebrities become known because they were involved with a more famous partner.

Since ending a relationship is quite a delicate subject, as you can never know how your partner will take it, there are even professional breakup specialists, as in Matthias Schweighöfer's film The Breakup Man (Der Schlussmacher). Anyone too cowardly to do it themselves leaves the breaking up to others.

Ending a relationship - quickly, discreetly and painlessly

You can live without a partner, but not without friends. People in happy relationships are better off. But why torment yourself in a marriage in which he constantly cheats? Why stay together when you've long since grown apart and are going separate ways anyway? Then it's more honest to split up. No woman has to endure domestic violence or stay together because she'd be better off financially. Adults, by the way, should be able to separate sensibly and discreetly, even if the heart and feelings may say something different. Each of us can be a Romeo and a Juliet. The divorce lawyers want to make money too. Drawing a short, clear line can be very liberating. You have to be tough as nails. Better an end with horror than horror without end. Often, external circumstances such as changing jobs or moving to another city force a breakup

Ending a relationship