Yahoo LifestyleHappy Breakup: The Service That Offers To Dump Your Other Half For A Small Fee
If you need to chicken out of dumping someone, why not call on a professional service that does it for you and even offers the extra of a sympathy hamper?
Breaking up is hard to do, even if you're the one that totally wants out.
And if the prospect of seeing your soon-to-be-ex's disappointed face is too much to bear, why not delegate out that misery to someone who's got more experience of dealing with the dumped?
It might be a total copout but could it be easier on both of you?
The Australian site, Sorry It's Over, offers a text message, email, phone call, posted letter, flowers, sympathy hamper or even a personal meeting.
For a simple text message - where you can choose from standard lines or customise your own, the dumper pays around £2.80 and for a personal meeting, £34.
"Why look them in the eye and watch the hurt?" Mazins asks. "No one wants to deal with all that screaming, sobbing and begging."
The sympathy hamper might be a stroke of genius, containing importantly a bottle of wine, chocolates, and tissues, as well as a written affirmation and less important, a pack of peanuts and, er, snakes.
In some cases it might be best for everyone involved, but for those of us who like/need closure, it might be a make things worse to be confronted with an impersonal dumping hamper. Where's the chance to ask the important questions - why? Could I have done anything? Is there someone else? Can I have my favourite tshirt back?.
However if you're the type to make this worse rather than better with your words, the website could be a godsend. As it says: Let us sort out your relationship for you!
Is the internet threatening our ability to form real life relationships? It's not looking good for humanity.
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