What is the difference between breaking up and taking a break?
December 26, 2008 by admin
Filed under Relationship Q & A
Crystal H asked:
My bf and I love each other very much.
My bf and I love each other very much.
Unfortunately I am his first and he is my first.
I often feel like I haven’t seen enough guys and I’m graduating next year, so I feel skeptical about dating in college because I’d rather date guys I have known for a long time.
I want to see other people and still love my bf at the same time. People are confused about “breaking up” and “taking a break.”
Yvette
Taking a break – it’s possible you guys are going to get back to gether
Breaking up – Not getting back together ever again.
Breaking up is when you move on. Taking a break is a lame excuse for having the option to mess around and hope to still come back when you see that there is nothing better to do.
Breaking up means that you no longer want to be together – period!!
Taking a break means that although you still have feelings for one another you feel that you need sometime to yourself, to maybe explore what else is out there or to see where your relationship is going.
good luck
you can’t have your cake and eat it too! you’re “boyfriend” is not going to just wait around for you to get it together! either decide to be with him or let him go…its unfair to string him along, because then he’ll end up hurting you!
Breaking up is when you both go your separate ways and never date again and taking a break is just taking time from each other but still trying to work out a relationship
I consider them to be the same thing. If you’re dating other people, you better be single. To me, taking a break means “I don’t love you enough to be committed to you, and I want to sleep with other people.” Which is essentially the same as breaking up.
Go your separate ways; I hope you find the right path for you!
Taking a break is where you are still going out and are still loyal to that person but don’t spend as much if any time with them. It means that you still love them, you just can’t be with them completely at that time.
Hope I helped
unfortunately there is no difference. you need to break it off, that is the mature thing to do. keeping him in limbo while you escapade is selfish. if you really do care for him youll let it go, if not youll be the ex hell never let go of.
Taking a Break: is not offically together, possibility you guys will get back together. (sometimes when your on a break doen’t mean you can really see other ppl or maybe you can depends on how you both make it)
Breaking up: not getting back together.
Im in the excat same situation people usually say taking a break is an excuse to have *** with other people but still have a back up and thats not the case at all,,, some people need breaks to experince others and then once youve been with someone else you then soonly realise how much you love your boyfriend! Good luck
Taking a break is when both agree to quit for a while but agree to get back together later
It may or may not happen depending on what happens during that break
Taking a break means spending some time apart for awhile to see if some space works breaking up means the relationship is over.
I don’t think there is a difference
SteveC
breaking up is never wanting to be together again. taking a break is a bad way to say you want to stop your relationship.
Try saying, you need some time to figure out what you want in life and you don’t want to stand in your bf way no more then you would want your bf to stand in yours.
Being apart for a while can make you realize how much you love one another, or it can take away all you both had together. If you love somebody,you don’t want to have *** with somebody else for such is a very special thing between two people who hold life love forever. Not lust. But love.
Taking a break does not usually mean you date other people while on that break. It would have to be defined that way by you and your boyfriend and it would have to be agreed upon. The problem is most people don’t want a break because it leaves too much in the air about the relationship and it makes people feel insecure and jealous. You are better off breaking up and if you decide later to get back together then you can. I would discuss it with your boyfriend, because if he isn’t what you want then you should let him find someone who wants him for him and won’t be tempted to go with someone else. Maybe he needs time to date other people too, you won’t know till you talk to him about it. But either way it would have to be a mutual decision by both of you in order for it to work out. IMHO