- published: 16 Jan 2016
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A relationship breakup, often referred to simply as a breakup, is the termination of a usually intimate relationship by any means other than death. The act is commonly termed "dumping [someone]" in slang when it is initiated by one partner. The term is less likely to be applied to a married couple, where a breakup is typically called a separation or divorce. When a couple engaged to be married breaks up, it is typically called a "broken engagement".
Susie Orbach (1992) has argued that the dissolution of dating and cohabiting relationships can be as painful as or more painful than divorce because these nonmarital relationships are less socially recognized'.
Several psychological models have been proposed to explain the process of a relationship breakup, many suggesting that 'relationship dissolution occurs in stages'.
L. Lee proposes that there are five stages leading ultimately up to a breakup.
Steve Duck outlines a six-stage cycle of relationship breakup, including
In 1976, sociologist Diane Vaughan proposed an "uncoupling theory", where there exists a "turning point" in the dynamics of relationship breakup - 'a precise moment when they "knew the relationship was over", when "everything went dead inside"' - followed by a transition period in which one partner unconsciously knows the relationship is going to end, but holds on to it for an extended period, even for years.
This is the end of us together
So just hold my hand for the last time you could
I am walking away from everyone
So you will never see me again
I am leaving today
So I say…….
Chorus
I breakup with
I breakup with
I breakup with
I breakup with you….
Verse 2
This is the beginning of me and everyone else but you
So I’m walking away
Today….
I am leaving today
So I say…..
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
I am leaving today
I want to leave
Whatever you say