The preferred methods for a man to end a relationship are, by and large, cowardly in the extreme! The majority of men will try to ignore the woman in the hope that she gets the hint and goes away/breaks up with him. Unfortunately and ironically, this is often interpreted by a woman as him playing hard to get, or worse again, acting like a bad boy. This counterproductively increases his attractiveness in her eyes! On the plus side, if you manage to manoeuvre her into giving you the chop, you become the dumpee and the object of sympathy amongst your circle of friends. This of course can be exploited for your benefit and is much better than been known as the callous bastard who broke someone's heart!
If ignoring doesn't work, the next cowardly method involves some sort of non-interactive communication like a text message, email or letter (for the quaint!). This can be particularly reprehensible if it is a long term relationship that is being terminated, but is commonly used by the yellow-bellied for ending short term dalliances.
Slightly braver is ending it by calling the woman. This will obviously involve interacting with the soon to be ex-, but if you're lucky, she won't be available and you can leave a voicemail! Particularly sneaky individuals dial the voicemail directly and leave a message. Even if you unfortunately end up talking with her, you can exit stage left quickly by hanging up!
For the stout of heart and noble of spirit, the face to face method of splitting up is the preferred method. This is despite the fact that they know that they could be in for several hours of agony. Themes endured during this period include "please tell me what I can do? I can change, I know I can", "is it because I'm.....(any one of a 1000 things)" and "but I've hired the band and the caterers"!
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