How to Sabotage Your Relationship and Force It to Break up With You Instead
We know a lot about what makes a relationship work – and fail. If you’re too weak to break up with someone yourself, here’s how to do the exact opposite to make them break up with you.
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Stop talking
As we have said many times, good communication is vital to any relationship . You need to be open, talk about your concerns, and communicate on multiple levels. So ending this communication is a great way to sabotage the relationship.
You can read this tip in different ways. You can literally shut up. You can stop talking about important things. Or you can stop talking about your problems. It just depends on how quickly you want them to end the relationship.
You need to actively avoid talking about anything important. If your significant other wants to “talk,” say, “Maybe later.” Likewise, if you stop talking about the future, whether it means potential vacations, marriage, joint shopping, or even just meeting your parents , they will be disappointed with you and will back down. Talking – not even about anything – is one of the foundations of a good relationship , so if you can avoid it, the relationship will eventually self-destruct.
In some cases, this method can take a while, so make sure you are prepared to emotionally drain it all. The good news is that being ignored is a great indicator that your relationship is doomed , so the more you disconnect and drift away, the better.
Prove that you are always right
Do you know what people love? Know-it-alls . One of the best ways to get through a relationship is to prove that you are right at every opportunity.
One of the common tips in every relationship article I’ve ever written is to let go of certain things. Don’t worry about proving your point. So if you really want to screw up the relationship , make sure your partner knows you are right as often as possible. If that also proves them wrong, then that’s even better.
So, every time you’re right about something, make sure your partner knows it. If you have an argument or just some silly little thing, be sure to tell them how right you are always. If you’re wrong, that’s okay. Try your best to find an explanation for why you were close enough to be right. If you want to improve your game, go ahead and also find fault with everything they do, while suggesting your path is the best (and only) way to do things. If you really want to raise the stakes, start tracking how often you are right and how often they are wrong. People love it.
In the end, you will alienate the other person with your cockiness, arrogance, and inability to let go of the little things. Obviously this won’t work with everyone, but it’s a pretty easy way to turn off anyone. In a few weeks they will part with you.
Last but not least
A good couple puts the success of the relationship first on their list of priorities. You will make some sacrifices. You will do what you don’t want to do in order to make the other person happy. If you want someone to break up with you, do the exact opposite. Make relationships last on your priority list.
Football? Video games? Yoga? Beer with friends? Work? All of this is now more important than your relationship. Get in the habit of saying things like, “Sorry, I can’t go out to dinner tonight, I have plans to go go go-karting to run with Jeb,” or “Dinner on your birthday? It can’t be helped, Jen invites people to wine tasting. “
The more selfish you can be, the better. If possible, go all-in and don’t do anything new in pairs . Within a month, your significant other will take the hint and leave you.
Raise your jealousy game
If the pop songs are to be believed,jealousyis a huge reason arelationship isending. Why? Well, Psychology Today suggests that jealousy arises from insecurity, obsessive thinking, or a paranoid personality . The best way to demonstrate this to get someone to break up with you is to show affection in a relationship. Plus, as we’ve seen before , in most successful relationships, friendships and hobbies are unrelated to each other, so if you can prevent this, you’re sure to sabotage everything. The more intrusive you act, the faster you can scare someone away.
If you don’t know how to do this, you can start small and work your way up. Ask your spouse about where they’ve been, what they ate for lunch, who they were with, and what they really think of this new accounting employee. From there, you can start accusing them of spending too much time with other people, spending too much on their hobby, or whatever. If that doesn’t work, start insisting that you accompany them wherever they go. The idea here is to give the impression that you have no life outside of the relationship. Jealousy is the easiest way to show it.
To get someone to break up with you, you need to acquire unwanted traits. It can be as easy as laziness or as difficult as jealousy, but either way, you have to live with it for weeks or months (or even years if you’re in a particularly long-term relationship) before anyone it will leave you. …
If any of this sounds familiar, you are already on the way to ruining your relationship. Well done!