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Breaking Up: How do You Know When You’re Ready For a New Relationship?

If you’re asking this question, you probably aren’t ready

Chris Freyler
4 min readDec 14, 2021
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That’s the thing before the breakup; most people weren’t ready for a relationship.

Everyone jumps into relationships nowadays for the wrong reasons. There is something they are missing in their life, thinking this person will complete the missing piece, and unfortunately, it never does, so the cycle repeats itself.

If you can jump from one relationship to another quickly, and blame your partner for everything as the reason you jumped so “quickly,” well, you have more problems than you know.

I know people who are always in a relationship. How fucking exhausting.

Do you know when someone isn’t ready for a relationship? First, you have to trust they are being honest with you, which that in itself is a rarity these days.

Simply ask the person; “How long was your previous relationship? How long have you been single?”

Most won’t answer you truthfully.

If the person was with the person more than a year and 2–3 weeks later, they are already looking for a replacement; run for the fucking hills. This person can’t be alone, bringing the same baggage from their…

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Chris Freyler
Chris Freyler

Written by Chris Freyler

Mistake Maker Extraordinaire .Writing from a place I don’t understand at times. I write to help myself, in return hope it helps you. Just another Quora guy.

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