There are three key reasons that you should make a point to break up or dump a woman strategically. First, you probably appreciate your testicles and would like them in tact and functioning for use at a later moment of reproductive necessity. If so, then you must be careful when breaking a woman’s heart. If you ever wondered why women wear such pointy shoes these days, I’ll tell you, it’s not because they’re comfortable. It’s for the testicle-puncturing capabilities.

Second, you probably don’t enjoy having scalding water thrown in your face, red wine spilled on your white shirt or a fork jabbed in your forehead when you break up with a girl. Remember that guy on Seinfeld who told Elaine she had a big forehead? If you want to avoid a trip to the emergency room or severe property damage, then you should learn to say all the right things when dumping a dame.

Finally, women are friends with many other women. Some of them are hot. Some day you might want to date one. Or just do one. You won’t get to if your spurned lover has anything to say about it. . .

Oh, I guessed I missed one. How about a sense of decency? The woman you want to dump probably isn’t a bad person, you just don’t want her in your life. Is that any reason to break her heart, crush her spirit and ruin her chances to love another man. I should hope not. Therefore, thanks to this MSN Dating & Personals Guide Article: Don’t Dump Anyone Like This! , you can find out how not to dump the dame.

Don’t dump anyone like this!
By Amelia Stone

On Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was traumatized when Berger broke up with her by writing her a dismissive adieu on a Post-It, but that act was positively saintly compared to some of the real life break-up tales out there. Here’s a sampling of some of the worst ways to break up (perhaps you’ll be comforted to know you’re not the only one out there with some nasty splits in your past!), plus, some less-brutal alternatives. Here’s to kinder, gentler break-ups in all of our futures! The Horror Stories:

The disappearing act
Jennifer Bray once dated a guy for 18 months who told her he loved her and wanted to be with her forever. “One day he called and said, ‘Hi, baby–I’m getting lunch but I’ll call you when I get home,’ and never called,” remembers the St. Louis, MO, woman. A few months later, she ran into him again. “He acted like nothing had happened,” she winces.

Why it’s so wrong: Getting dumped is already horrific, but having someone move on without clueing you in about his or her plans to do so? Well, that makes you think your sweetie didn’t even consider it a relationship in the first place. At least a clear-cut break-up gives you a chance to grieve and move ahead already.

The “Hey, I just realized…” break-up
Melissa de la Cruz is a happily married, successful novelist from Los Angeles. But years ago, she was a devastated dumpee... of a guy who ended things with her because “I’m Asian and his previous girlfriend was Chinese and he didn’t want to be known as ‘an Asian fetishist,’” she marvels. “Can you even believe the reverse PC-ish-ness of it?”

Why it’s so wrong: Anytime you dump a person for a quality you knew about going in — like his or her being Asian, tall, or bald — it’s only a testament to your own lack of self-knowledge.

The too-perfectly timed walkout
Amiira Ruotolo-Behrendt, co-author of It’s Called a Break-Up Because It’s Broken: The Smart Girl’s Break-Up Buddy, recalls the worst break-up story she heard: “A woman was dating a guy whose dad was in prison and about to be released. She moved her boyfriend’s dad in with them, and the day the dad’s parole was over, her sweetie told her that he’d fallen out of love with her. He promptly packed up his and his dad’s bags and was gone.”

Why it’s so wrong: Uh, because users are losers—and it’s especially bad when you find out that someone you love is one.

The bad metaphor goodbye
Nora Lydon of Oakland, CA had to hear her live-in boyfriend of two years tell her it was over—then compare their long-term relationship to a “tiramisu that’s just okay.”

Why it’s so wrong: Breakups suck because you think of your exes every time you see anything they ever liked, wore, or owned. Sharing your horrible deep-thoughts prose, whether you’re “a bird that needs to spread its wings” or you think your dumpee is “a beautiful, unique snowflake I’m not a big enough person to catch” only ruins one more set of objects for your poor, poor ex.

The accidentally-on-purpose letdown
Caroline Strange wanted things to work out with her boyfriend of a year-plus, but the Wilmington, NC, woman was concerned when he started to seem distant. “Finally, we went on vacation together with some friends, and he literally didn’t talk to me the whole weekend,” she says. “Of course at that level of disrespect, I had no choice but to dump him, but he’s clearly the one who’d made the decision. He was forcing my hand because he didn’t want to be the ‘bad guy.’”

Why it’s so wrong: It happens in different ways — from being more distant to getting caught cheating — but doing something unforgivable so you’ll get dumped is common and cruel. You may think you’re doing your admirer a favor, but don’t fool yourself: Being a jerk doesn’t make your boyfriend or girlfriend feel better about ditching you, it just makes him or her wonder what happened to the sweetheart he or she fell for.

Source: MSN Dating & Personals Guide Article: Don’t Dump Anyone Like This! ,