We’ll skip the part where I list the many reasons that breaks often don’t work—the mere fact that the relationship was going so poorly that you needed to take a hiatus is usually evidence that it’s not meant to be—but I’ll assume in your case, things are different.
Maybe a break will work for you. But it certainly won’t if you make some of the quintessential mistakes people often make during breaks. You and your partner can try to set rules, but the truth is that you’re so fragile and emotional when you set them, that you won’t really know what you’re talking about. You’ll find the rules difficult to follow. Or, perhaps, you think they should have been stricter, and now it’s too late to change them. See how complicated this can be? Here are the mistakes that ensure your break will turn into a breakup.
Increasing your social media presence
Writing on social media about your new singledom. Wait…wasn’t this a break? Even publicizing the break opens you up to plenty of male attention.
