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Breaking up is always hard, but breaking up with someone who you really and truly still love is harder still. If you find yourself in the situation where you need to know\u00a0how to break up with someone you love<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 there are a few steps that you could take to make the entire process a lot easier on the both of you!<\/p>\n

Be Sure About Your Decision<\/h2>\n

Before you start to think about how to break up with someone you love, ask yourself this: How sure are you that this is what you want?<\/p>\n

Whatever the reasons why you feel you need to break up, the fact is that you still have feelings for your partner \u2013 so you need to be sure that it can\u2019t work before you go down this road. Otherwise, you might end up waffling over the decision, and that is bad for both parties in the long run!<\/p>\n

If you are unsure about your decision on breaking up, I highly recommend you check out\u00a0Should You Stay or Should You Go<\/a>\u00a0which is a book that will give you all the insight you need on making the decision to remain in a relationship or leave it. It also includes a lot more advice and tips that you will find very helpful as well.<\/p>\n

Talk it Out<\/h2>\n

When you do sit down and talk to your partner about breaking up \u2013 don\u2019t blame them, or yourself.<\/p>\n

Be calm and clear as you firmly state why you are certain that the relationship isn\u2019t going to work. Chances are your partner may react angrily or even just break down, and you need to be prepared to deal with that too and talk it out.<\/p>\n

Remember, by this point you should be sure that you need to break up \u2013 so don\u2019t falter!<\/p>\n

Give it Time<\/h2>\n

One of the best secrets of how to break up with someone you love is to give it time. After the break up there is bound to be hurt on both their side and yours \u2013 and the both of you will need time to heal.<\/p>\n

Try not to put yourself in a situation where you run the risk of second guessing your decision. Depending on how your talk went, you might even want to steer clear of each other for a while so that things can tide over.<\/p>\n

It may take time before your feelings for each other subside, but it will happen eventually.<\/p>\n

This is exactly how to break up with someone you love. Make no mistake, the process itself is not going to be easy, and there will be times when you may even regret that it ever happened.<\/p>\n

Just remember why you\u2019re breaking up and the reasons why you feel that your relationship couldn\u2019t work despite the love that you felt for your partner and that should give you the strength to soldier through it all.<\/p>\n

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