# Should i dump my girlfirend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391 "2006-07-20T21:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/21 "2006-07-20T22:01:20Z")
And set yourself free. Honestly, 3 years with someone you dislike this much? And she wants a ring? God, I hate humans… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/22 "2006-07-20T22:01:22Z")
You’ve been very clever. I just hope **twickster** doesn’t realize it’s you. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/23 "2006-07-20T22:12:33Z")
Dump her, but first, make her give you back your Shift key. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/24 "2006-07-20T22:16:59Z")
In situations like this, I remember the words of wisdom as uttered by Robert DeNiro in Ronin. > [@](#): > > If there is any doubt, there is no doubt. Walk away and try to learn something from the relationship. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/25 "2006-07-20T22:22:57Z")
Burn the Witch!! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/26 "2006-07-20T22:23:33Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > What are you a man or a mouse? Stick it out, suffer, wad up your anger into a bitter little ball of hate, then die of a heart attack at 50. > That was an easy one… who else wants relationship advice? Amen brother! Why should **yedi** get off easy? Quitcher whinin’ and marry the girl! You hear me son? It’s not all about you, you know! ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/27 "2006-07-20T22:31:04Z")
If you don’t dump her, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/28 "2006-07-20T22:36:02Z")
I have to agree with Bob and Cheesesteak! Of course you shouldn’t dump her, yedi! It’s patently obvious that the two of you are MADE for each other. Ignore all those other remarks, and let’s just analyze this situation, ok? First of all, the two of you have been dating for 3 years! THREE YEARS! That means you started dating in 2003 - a helluva year for a White Burgandy! And just like fine wine, relationships only get better and better with time! I mean think of it this way: How many couples do you know that have been together for three or more years that didn’t work out? Thought so. Clearly, the duration of the relationship is in the pro-stay together column. Plus, you don’t want to be a quitter, now do you? Second, so she wants an engagement and you don’t? HA HA HA! Oh you crazy kids! All young lovers bicker like that! It’s so cute and cuddly! And hey, look - she wants an engagement! That must mean she really, really loves you! Let’s call that point 2 for the pro-stay together column. Third, look at your ages! You’re only 20. That means in 50 years you will be that happy old couple on the Today Show talking about how long you’ve been in love! You have SO much time to iron out the details - don’t wimp out now! It’s better for you to stay together and experience the world together! Fourth, so she calls you a coward and dresses you down in front of your friends? Well, clearly this is just her way of showing that she cares about you! Trust me, yedi - marry this one! After you get married, she will do this TWICE as much - therefore caring for you TWICE as much! Plus, she will mold you into the man you are destined to become! Trust me! Don’t fall for some girl who cares about your “feelings” at the risk of making you act proper! Fifth, that whole “I can’t stand her thing!” I mean come on! When has that ever been a reason to break up a relationship? Haven’t you ever heard “I want you back?” Don’t make the same mistake that MJ did. Never, EVER, let her get away. So put me in the don’t break up with her category. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/29 "2006-07-20T22:36:12Z")
I’ve developed a diabolical little prejudice, and I am here to admit it. That’s the first step to conquering it, right? I’ve found that I can pick a guest just from reading the thread title. It makes me hostile. It makes me take them less than seriously and respond with a completely off the wall assholish answer. The only thing that balances my hostility is the pleasant surprise the “Guest” label is when I read something unexpected. A good example of surprising guests are **gabriela** and **Oakminster**. I’m trying to be good, but I’m failing. That said, **yedi** , if you aren’t happy, you’re making her miserable, too. Go on in separate ways. Someday she’ll thank you for it. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/30 "2006-07-20T22:36:40Z")
Write some MySpace poetry and invest in an ankh necklace while you’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/31 "2006-07-20T22:38:39Z")
_sigh_ It even makes me bitch up my coding. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/32 "2006-07-20T22:46:44Z")
First of all, your case is _not_ interesting. Second of all, you _are_ a coward. If you don’t have the courage to “dump her”, as you so eloquently put it, even though you “can’t stand her”, who do you think is getting the short end of the stick here? Do _her_ the favor, not yourself, and break up with her. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/33 "2006-07-20T22:52:32Z")
You just typed that you cannot stand her; nothing more need be said. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/34 "2006-07-20T22:58:28Z")
You make her sound so great. How could you posssibly question the decision to dump her? Hummm… Let me guess, you’ve never had sex with any person besides her. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/35 "2006-07-20T23:04:26Z")
Is that you, Hunny-Bunny? Ha ha. You can run but you can’t hide! You’re so cute and irresistable when you act like you hate me! XOXOXXX!!! (You wanna know how I guessed? yedi=big foot, and big feet=big you-know-what! teeheeeheehhee!!!) Seriously, it sounds like it’s time to move on and learn who you are. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/36 "2006-07-20T23:10:30Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > First of all, your case is _not_ interesting. That was my first thought. Then I read **Doctor Who’s** post and now I’m on the fence. **Yedi** , you have to answer the tough questions: If you go there will be trouble? And if you stay it will be double? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/37 "2006-07-20T23:13:09Z")
You don’t fool me! Your sentences are statements in questions’ clothing. I mean wool. I mean…er…well…fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/38 "2006-07-20T23:17:34Z")
Run like hell and don’t look back. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/39 "2006-07-20T23:28:00Z")
She obviously deserves someone far better than you, so dump her in a cruel, horrible way (time things so she walks in on you doing her sister/cat/favorite teddy bear, for example) so that she never, ever has any interest in someone like you again. In fact, if she doesn’t turn into a lipstick lesbian, you haven’t completely succeeded at the full task. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391/40 "2006-07-20T23:57:16Z")
> [@yedi](#): > > My case is very intersting indeed. \ > should i dump her or sit there and stand the pain forever **thinking that she would get her if i dump her** … Um… what? Who is she? And why would she get her? Is it bad that she would get her if you dump her? This is the intersting part, maybe? Demons, gotta be demons… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-dump-my-girlfirend/365391.md?page=3)