Dumpee or Dumper. Which is better?

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Scientific Evidence that being the dumpee is like breaking an addiction. Interesting stuff.

http://www.livescience.com/culture/r...in-100706.html

I thought this was a really good article. I just think that with break-ups, often before anyone notices, when the relationship begins to disintegrate or take a downfall, there has already been significant distance-building happening. I just think that each person consciously or unconsciously, is beginning to develop more singleness than being together as a couple. I think that sometimes couples go into the period of "lets make it work" time. And generally it's the dumpee who holds the most hope to successfully patch up the relationship. I mean, I just think that by the time something major in the relationship is happening, the potential dumper has already realized that it's just not working out, but the dumpee may be just beginning to grapple with it. By that time it's too late.

And I just wanted to bump this one because I just realized that I've never responded to this thread. I don't know how I missed this one. So far, I've never been dumped. I've always done the dumping. However, I've only been in two long-term serious relationships, my previous relationship, and the one I'm currently in. The others were just guys I dated. I'm sure if I was involved in more past relationships, I would have eventually been dumped by someone.