Found online: a guy posts to an anonymous message board, asking for suggestions for a breakup text message to send his girlfriend. The replies are predictably rude and childish, full of nastiness towards the girlfriend, like "fuck you whore. it's over. go get tested. also, your mom/sister is a better bang. also, a bitchin tagteam."

And it went on this way for a while, until someone posted the best breakup line (and response to the posts before it) EVER:


Loved it! "Cock is my destiny" as a euphemism for "I've gone gay" was brilliant. Ahh, Internets, I love you.
-Vixen

Well, that went better than expected... after sending TheEngineer a nice email dumping him but leaving the door open for friendship, I didn't hear back from him for long enough that I was beginning to think I might not hear from him again. However, I did.

( Read on to see what he said... )

So, you go out with somebody a few times. You obviously were interested in them enough for that second and third (or more) date(s), but something in those first few dates convinced you that you and this person are not meant for one another. They didn't do anything wrong, you're just not feeling a strong connection with them. How do you let down that person easy, being straightforward and avoiding leading them on, while also sparing their feelings?

This is something I've been considering a lot the past few days. My time with TheEngineer has been enjoyable, but in general I've not felt any romantic or physical sparks between us, and even if I had, he's such a terribble kisser that it would be a deal breaker for me. But he's a perfectly nice guy, one I wouldn't mind keeping as a friend if he's up for it. I certainly don't want to hurt his feelings, and telling him "I'm sorry, I can't date you, you're a horribly bad kisser, wanna just be friends?" just isn't necessary.

So, how do you nicely dump someone in the early stages of dating without hurting their feelings?

( Read on to find out... )