You could say something like: “I really care about you, and I don’t want to hurt you, but I think we need to break up. We both know this relationship hasn’t been working for a while. We tried to make it better, but at this point, I don’t think we can make the changes we need to. I want us to both find love and be happy, but I don’t think this relationship is going to give us that.” Another example of an opener: “I need to talk to you. I love you, and I love so many aspects of our relationship, but I’m not happy, and I don’t know that you are, either. This is insanely hard to say, because I
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