How to Tell if Your Significant Other Wants to Break-up

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How to Tell if Your Significant Other Wants to Break-up

 

 

One of the saddest facts that you will ever stumble across is that of the current divorce rate in our country. Infidelity is at an all-time high, people are cheating more and more, and in turn many relationships end up on the gallows in tatters. If you suspect that your significant other wants to break up, here is how to find out.

Instructions

Step1

Take notice of their behavior around you. Do they act differently? Are they constantly changing the subject when you bring up your relationship? Are they frequently gone for long hours at a time with a poor excuse?

 

Step2

Try to find out why you are fighting and what they are angry about. Have you done something that you do not even know about? Perhaps there are little things that you do which they find irritating? You don’t know and you can’t fix it until you ask them.

 

Step3

Mediate and see if there is a way to compromise or find a resolution. Perhaps these issues, if any, have a fair resolution. You owe it to yourself and your relationship to try everything in your power to find a compromise or resolution before ending it all.

 

Step4

Confront them about the situation and end the conflict. If you are certain that nothing can be done to save your relationship, confront your significant other as a last-ditch effort. You may be able to actually work out the problems, or you may find that they are cheating on you, or you both just might agree to disagree and call it quits. Most often people will find a way to reconcile and save their relationship. Don’t let it build inside of you. Instead, confront, find out the facts and go from there.

 

Tips & Warnings

• The best way to get the answers that you seek is to be cool, clear, calm and collected.
• Never raise your voice or react out of anger, as this will only further complicate the situation.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2173434_tell-significant-other-wants-breakup.html

 

 

VOCABULARY LIST :

 

infidelity - (an act of) having sex with someone who is not your husband, wife or regular sexual partner, or (an example of) not being loyal or faithful

gallows - a wooden structure used, especially in the past, to hang criminals from as a form of execution (= killing as a punishment)

in tatters - If something is in tatters, it is torn apart or destroyed

mediate - to help solve (a disagreement) by talking to the separate people or groups involved, or to communicate information between people 

last-ditch - a last-ditch attempt to solve a problem is the final attempt that you make after you have failed several times to solve it 

call it quits - to stop doing something 

 

DISCUSSION POINTS :

 

1. Tell me about the divorce rate in Korea.

2. What are some of the common reasons why couples get divorced? Is infidelity a common thing in Korea? What made you

    say that?

3. Have you ever experienced a break-up? If yes, is it okay if we talk about it?

4. How do you cope with break-ups?

5. Can you tell if your boyfriend/girlfriend wants to break up with you? How?

6. How do you usually act if you want to break up with someone?