# So I guess I'm breaking up with my boyfiend. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850 "2011-04-27T02:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/201 "2011-05-01T15:35:59Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > \ > > When do I start? Take the dog outside? No walkies? I’ll do walkies! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/202 "2011-05-01T15:54:07Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > It tries to escape if you leave it in the yard? You would be amazed. AMAZED. He prefers being with his people and has gone through three gauges of wire to do so. Right through the wire! Never gets hurt! Easier to train him to potty in a hurry and watch his innocent-looking ass. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/203 "2011-05-01T19:17:32Z")
Well, he changed his relationship on Facebook and has been cleaning up the garage. I feel pretty good about it, all told. But my jaw is so tense that my whole face hurts. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/204 "2011-05-01T20:23:51Z")
No words of wisdom, but a question (and, dammit, I forgot to drop off my film again!): Did he ever again talk in a [fake British accent](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8245195&postcount=1) when you called him? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/205 "2011-05-01T21:46:13Z")
No, but when very drunk he did sometimes come in speaking in faux Shakespearean prose and pretended not to hear you unless you responded in kind. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/206 "2011-05-01T22:02:02Z")
I’ve just changed my relationship status on Facebook. I’d kept it because I thought my ex hadn’t told his family that we’d separated, and I wanted to avoid awkward questions. But he has told them. So fuck it all 😃 I’m free and easy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/207 "2011-05-01T22:06:59Z")
I just got rid of my relationship status altogether, which evidently showed up as a wall post? Anyway, I was a little miffed nobody asked me about it! He got all kinds of comments on his! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/208 "2011-05-01T22:20:45Z")
Yeah, I don’t know what goes on with relationship status changes and wall posts. I changed from “Married” to “In an Open Relationship” and it posted all over the place. I changed from “Open Relationship” to “Separated” and it was all “Nobody gives a shit about that, bitch, I’ma not even post it” ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/209 "2011-05-02T00:13:41Z")
One of my FB friends changed his relationship status to single recently. He added a comment along the lines of “If you comment on this, I will never talk to you again. Facebook is not the time or place.” Maybe some of your friends think like that. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/210 "2011-05-02T00:29:53Z")
Yeah, I never comment on relationship statuses. What are you going to say? “Congratulations, I hated the guy you loved for years?” “Sorry for your loss, he was a great guy!”? It really isn’t the time or place. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/211 "2011-05-02T01:00:38Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > The guy has his own business and ran for mayor. I think housework not being a priority shouldn’t really be held against him. Because he is running 3 other unsuccessful things is not a great excuse to also be a crappy roomate, IMHO. It’s just another great example of a Peter Pan and/or selfish lifestyle. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/212 "2011-05-02T01:31:09Z")
Well, “open relationship” is about a zillion times more gossipworthy, see. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/213 "2011-05-02T01:39:21Z")
Well, “open relationship” is about a zillion times more gossipworthy, see. Facebook is just looking out for your nosy friends. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/214 "2011-05-02T01:42:19Z")
Facebook is a yenta? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/215 "2011-05-02T02:15:29Z")
Well, the people commenting on his status are classy about it - nobody’s mentioned me at all, it’s very lighthearted. Of course there are plenty of people who thought his campaign manager was his girlfriend because I’m just not as social as he is. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/216 "2011-05-02T12:10:03Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > One of my FB friends changed his relationship status to single recently. He added a comment along the lines of “If you comment on this, I will never talk to you again. Facebook is not the time or place.” Maybe some of your friends think like that. I call bullshit. You post to a social network site and then tell people not to comment?? Talk about passive aggressive !!! Alcohol is truth serum. He played games like that, when drunk. Welcome to his sober inner monologue… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/217 "2011-05-02T13:17:19Z")
Well, that’s the stuff I’m going to miss! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/218 "2011-05-02T13:36:14Z")
Hey-you get to look forward to getting laid !!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/219 "2011-05-02T13:43:04Z")
But how on earth am I going to satisfy my rough-sex-with-Shakesperean-monologue fetish? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-guess-im-breaking-up-with-my-boyfiend/579850/220 "2011-05-02T13:49:12Z")
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