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Is Your Lover Planning to Give You a Broken Heart this Holiday Season?
Why do so many relationships self-destruct this time of year
My best friend’s husband dumped her on their 25th wedding anniversary. He was a class A jerk, but she was still shocked. What is wrong with people? How much do you have to hate someone to ruin what should be one of their happiest days ever?
Well, brace yourselves because anniversaries, holidays, and the end of another year can cue your lover to play “Aloha” on the steel guitar. Here are some of the reasons why.
’Tis the season to get yourself free
Statistics show that people often wait until just before Christmas to sever a romantic relationship. The good news is that they rarely do it on Christmas Day because then they’d feel bad about it.
In 2017, the Australian dating app RedHotPie surveyed its users about the reasons for holiday breakups. The results showed that 56 percent of men and 71 percent of women said breaking up with their partner would be preferable to introducing their…
