Do you think that it is bad to break up with someone this time of year? (IE today)

Far worse to drag things on for longer than they need to be.

Generally, once someone’s decided to break up, the other is usually suspecting it.

That’s what I said! I just don’t understand why you’d stay with someone over the holidays JUST so they weren’t single over the holidays.

For sure, and what does this kids parents think about him dating an older man? tsk tsk. Anyways tell him to stop being a pussy and man up. The one thing worse than having a bad boyfriend/girlfriend is having one without a spine, or the courage to do whats fair.

What time of year is it? Oh, Thanksgiving is coming up, right? Maybe part of your friend doesn’t want to break up, not for the kids sake, but for his own. Maybe he doesn’t want to spend the holidays explaining what happened to his friends and family.

I agree. He needs to make a clean break of it now. Why drag it out? The holidays are going to be miserable to be with someone you don’t want to be with. I’d say get it over with now.

It is a horrible time of year to break up for anyone but if it’s the best for him then he’s got to do it.

There are no kids evolved. I think he just doesn’t want to man up. Makes sense to me. :)

This time of year? It isn’t even Thanksgiving yet! If he wants to stay with this guy for the holidays he’s going to be stuck with him for like another month and a half.

I broke up with a man at ‘this time of year’. He thought he’d just move into the house with me and my kids for a month or so. Thinking about 24/7 made me shiver so I knew it was time. See, there’s the other side-why should I spend the holidays miserable and with him?

There’s rarely a time where it feels awesome to break up.
Breaking up around the holidays actually isn’t the end of the world. It’s better than having to go through the holidays with a relationship that just isn’t working.
Also, during the holiday season, you have family and friends close by to help you out.

Not if your goal is to save some money.

A swift clean honest break up before the holidays is better than your friend trying to make it last…then, it gets to be x-mas day & he just can’t take it anymore & dumps s/o on or about X-mas day.

my cousin did this to her long-time boyfriend, and he hasn’t been the same since…poor guy was going to propose, she knew it and freaked out.

Worse to stay with someone when you or they know/suspect it’s over.

No he should wait til the day after Christmas after his SO bought him a flat screen to break up with him like my ex did! Much better! Sorry I still have unresolved anger

If he “hates” his boyfriend then I doubt his reasons for not breaking up right now are so altruistic. He just doesn’t want other people to think he’s a jackass by breaking up during the holidays. Much better to drop the “kid” after the holidays when there is nothing going on (Jan-Mar are dullsville) so he will have the proper opportunity to wallow in his misery at losing such a great guy.

Snarky-ness is based on the “hate” comment actually being true.

Veiled animosity is not an act of kindness towards that person. It will make for a crappy holiday anyways, so let him go into the holidays not having to buy a gift for someone who’s going to dump him, and give him at least a chance of meeting someone new over the holiday entertainment.

I have never heard of a “good” time of year to break up with someone. If it’s over, get it over and done with.

I got dumped on Valentine’s Day once. I survived.

Valentines day is different. That’s one day… his exact words were “this time of the year” The implication being that terrible people are immune from breakups for 2 months out of the year.

Breaking up on Valentines day is just dirty. :(