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The Communication Mistakes Almost Every Couple Makes

Stop Talking

As weve said time and time again,good communication is vital to any relationship.

You should be open, talk about your problems, and connect on multiple levels.

So, cutting off that communication is a great way to sabotage the relationship.

you’re free to read this advice in any number of ways.

you’re free to literally stop talking.

it’s possible for you to stop talking about important things.

Or you’re free to stop talking about your problems.

It just depends on how quickly you want them to end the relationship.

Youll need to proactively avoid talking about anything important.

If your significant other wants to have a talk, say, maybe later.

Make a Point to Prove Youre Always Right

You know what people love?Know-it-alls.

One common piece ofadvice in every relationship article ever writtenis to let certain things go.

Dont worry about proving a point.

If that also happens to prove them wrong, then thats even better.

So, every time youre right about something, double-check your partner knows it.

If youre not right, thats okay.

Go out of your way to shoehorn an explanation as to why you were close enough to being right.

Obviously this wont work with everyone, but its a pretty easy way to turn just about anyone off.

Within weeks theyll be breaking up with you.

Youll make some sacrifices.

Youll do things you dont want to do in an effort to make the other person happy.

If you want someone to break up with you, just do the exact opposite of that.

Make your relationship the last thing on your priority list.

All of these things are more important than your relationship now.

No can do, Jens having people over for a wine tasting.

The more selfish it’s possible for you to be, the better.

Go all in if you’re able to andavoid doing anything new as a couple.

Within a month your significant other will get the hint and dump you.

Well,Psychology Today suggests jealousy stems from insecurity, obsessive thinking, or a paranoid personality.

The more clingy you act, the quicker you might scare someone away.

If that doesnt seem like its working, start insisting that you accompany them everywhere they go.

The idea here is to make it seem like you have no life outside of the relationship.

Jealousy just happens to be the easiest way to show that.

Getting someone to break up with you is all about inhabiting undesirable traits.

If any of this stuff sounds familiar, youre already well on your way to wrecking your relationship.