Thoughts on relationship breaks?

[Shiny Star]

What is your thoughts of people having breaks during a relationship? Are you for it? Against it?

[Kyng]

Can't say I've ever been tempted to take one . If there's something wrong in the relationship that makes me want a break, then I feel like the real solution is to fix whatever's wrong!

Granted: if I know there's a problem, but I'm not sure what it is (or how to solve it), then taking a break might be useful to help me figure that out. But, that's pretty much the only situation I can think of where a break might actually help TBH.

[~ True Legend ~]

As @ Kyng says, only take a break if it's an alternative to a breakup. What hasn't been considered though is mental health issues. Often if a partner is depressed, the other person may need a break from the negativity to prevent themselves from being dragged down with them. This goes for friendships too. There's only so much we can handle.

[Kyng]

As @ Kyng says, only take a break if it's an alternative to a breakup. What hasn't been considered though is mental health issues. Often if a partner is depressed, the other person may need a break from the negativity to prevent themselves from being dragged down with them. This goes for friendships too. There's only so much we can handle.

Yeah, that's understandable: if one partner gets depressed, the other one won't want to be dragged down with them.

Although the non-depressed partner taking a break would really suck for the depressed partner, who needs them more than ever. Don't want it to turn into a fair-weather relationship !

[~ True Legend ~]

As @ Kyng says, only take a break if it's an alternative to a breakup. What hasn't been considered though is mental health issues. Often if a partner is depressed, the other person may need a break from the negativity to prevent themselves from being dragged down with them. This goes for friendships too. There's only so much we can handle.

Yeah, that's understandable: if one partner gets depressed, the other one won't want to be dragged down with them.

Although the non-depressed partner taking a break would really suck for the depressed partner, who needs them more than ever. Don't want it to turn into a fair-weather relationship !

Hard to draw the line right, Kyng?

[Shiny Star]

Good points. I’ve seen some couples who go on breaks to see other people… like they want to avoid being cheaters. Mental health is a different ball game but you would hope you could be with a depressed partner through it. Must be circumstantial.

[Kyng]

Good points. I’ve seen some couples who go on breaks to see other people… like they want to avoid being cheaters.

That's... weird. Certainly not something I would risk: too much danger that one of their temporary partners ends up becoming permanent!

Though, if it works for others, I guess that's up to them .

[Shiny Star]

Good points. I’ve seen some couples who go on breaks to see other people… like they want to avoid being cheaters.

That's... weird. Certainly not something I would risk: too much danger that one of their temporary partners ends up becoming permanent!

Though, if it works for others, I guess that's up to them .

 I wouldn’t particularly want to be with someone who went on a break for temporary partners anyways, even if it remained temporary. I wouldn’t trust them.

[~ True Legend ~]

Good points. I’ve seen some couples who go on breaks to see other people… like they want to avoid being cheaters.

That's... weird. Certainly not something I would risk: too much danger that one of their temporary partners ends up becoming permanent!

Though, if it works for others, I guess that's up to them .

 I wouldn’t particularly want to be with someone who went on a break for temporary partners anyways, even if it remained temporary. I wouldn’t trust them.

Same. I feel like they just see me as a convenient person, and once I’m no longer convenient they hop onto another partner