# Do you know any clever breakup techniques for someone you have to keep seeing for other reasons?

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**Created:** [March 13, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-clever-breakup-techniques-for-someone-you-have-to-keep-seeing-for-other-reasons/748842 "2016-03-13T05:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-clever-breakup-techniques-for-someone-you-have-to-keep-seeing-for-other-reasons/748842/1 "2016-03-13T05:50:46Z")

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Like for coworkers, fellow students, cousins, etc. You can’t just cut them out of your life, you have to keep seeing them over and over again.

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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-clever-breakup-techniques-for-someone-you-have-to-keep-seeing-for-other-reasons/748842/2 "2016-03-13T06:46:33Z")

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Basically you just have to sit down with the other person and redefine the relationship.

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-clever-breakup-techniques-for-someone-you-have-to-keep-seeing-for-other-reasons/748842/3 "2016-03-13T08:32:07Z")

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Don’t date cousins in the first place. That would take care of it.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-clever-breakup-techniques-for-someone-you-have-to-keep-seeing-for-other-reasons/748842/4 "2016-03-13T14:00:13Z")

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> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#):
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> Don’t date cousins in the first place. That would take care of it.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eRReRF7uKK0/hqdefault.jpg "Lemon of Troy (Simpsons 6x24)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRReRF7uKK0)