Technology is amazing. It can help connect us, heal us, entertain us, and enrich us. Also you can use text messages to break up with people, which is probably exactly what Alexander Graham Bell envisioned when he started working on the whole telephone thing.
Enter @weneedtobreakup – an Instagram account dedicated to gathering hilarious relationship texts, including a bunch that, as the name implies, seem to preceded a breakup.
From the brutal to the cute to the confusing, here are some examples of exactly how you can gain an ex via SMS.
13. Pls don’t be offended
At least they’re being honest.
View this post on Instagramthis seems more like an in person convo.
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12. A new boyfriend
Dude. Yikes.
View this post on Instagramand that was the last time anybody ever heard from Jake
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11. K bye
Are you the sentimental type or not?
View this post on InstagramWell, this is one way to do it
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10. p*op talk or dying?
I’d cancel those dinner reservations, bro.
View this post on InstagramDinner sounds like the WRONG time to discuss it
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9. Pizza for 1
Eat your feelings.
8. You’re decision
No it’s YOUR* decision and now I see why they dumped you.
7. You can pretend though
I don’t think there’s a word for this kind of relationship.
6. What?
I’m gonna need to see this in context, please.
View this post on InstagramVERY LITERAL POTENTIAL BREAKUP
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5. Seriously tho
If you have to ask, you probably know.
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4. It’s a nice day
Maybe it’s because of your listening skills.
3. My birthday present
Gee, thanks?
View this post on InstagramBreaking up via emoji is smooth
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2. April fools
It’s bad either way.
View this post on InstagramGood day to break up with someone because no one will believe you
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1. K bye
Shakespeare himself could not have penned a more elegant tragedy.
Hopefully we’re all treating our breakups with a little bit more dignity than this. At the very least show them the respect of sending them the bad news over Snapchat. It’s called class.
What’s the weirdest breakup you’ve ever had?
Share the tale in the comments.