Third party break-ups

Many things can go wrong when trying to pull off a break-up. The recipient of the break-up may cry, beg for another chance or not accept the break-up at all. The one doing the breaking up may stutter, feel guilty or be swayed to actually continue the relationship he or she thought so hard about ending.

Clean cut break-ups are hard to come by, and more likely than not, a break up will be messy and emotional. There will be crying, possibly yelling (or at least talking louder than inside voices) and unhappiness as a result. That's why some people resort to having an uninvolved third party break up the relationship for them.

Think of how easy it would be. You have some person who is uninvolved with the relationship deal with the yelling and the crying. And once it's over, it's over. Your sanity is saved.

Of course, it would also be pretty low.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone I know who has either employed or been broken up with a third party to the relationship (although I did see it happen on Scrubs last night). Here's what I think, though. If someone can't break up with you personally, they obviously have very little respect for you and your feelings. While your immediate reaction may be indescribable anger, rest assured knowing that there is NO CHANCE you should ever get back together with that person, and start to move on with your life and the healing process. So although your (now) ex is an absolute loser, at least you know. And that's sort of good, right?

Have you ever asked someone else to break up a relationship for you? What were your reasons? How did it go? Have you ever been broken up with by someone who was not your significant other? What happened?