How to break up with my boyfriend?

Question

I've been dating someone for about 4 months, so i'm not completely attached and he just went on a 3 week vacation and is coming back the night before school begins.Thus, i won't see him until the first day of school.

And my problem is that I've realized that i don't miss him that much and would rather have him as a friend and not a boyfriend. i don't know how to break up with him (as soon as possible). I usually break up with someone in person. But now, i either have to do it by phone or do it on the first day of school, which is probably a big no-no...

Answer 1

do it in person for sure, its never nice over the phone.  first day of school or not, just catch him before he tells ppls all over the place.  tell him early.

Answer 2

Please do not break up with him over the phone, it hurts a lot more than in person. Some jerk did that to me. Anyways, I would just take him outside to a  not-so-populated area, and tell him you think you and him should just be friends. If you keep putting it off to spare him, he'll think it's a serious relationship, and it will hurt him even more when you finally break up with him. And it's okay to do it on the first day. What difference does it make?  

Answer 3

Don't do it over the phone. That's just a different type of 'dear john' letter. Why are you in such a rush? Got someone else waiting in the wings? Sorry, had to ask that...

Being rejected hurts like h**l, so if you have to do it, have the courage to do it personally, and gently. And don't rush straight into a new relationship or he'll guess that something was going on already.

Good luck. It ain't easy.

Steve