I love this topic njqt!

I ALWAYS break up face to face. I point out the difficulties that we have been having together. I tell them how I feel about the relationship and why I don't feel it is working anymore. I give them a chance to tell me what they think of me, and that's rarely pleasant.

Closure is absolutely important. And sometimes this strategy has yielded friends down the line. I have exes who actually speak to me and still like me. That doesn't always happen.

It's really too bad more men aren't good at breaking up with a partner. I think a lot of it has to do with being afraid of hurting the other person, and even just bad communication skills. Believe me, you do a favor for the one with whom you are ending a relationship if you meet and talk it through. You get closure, the other gets closure, and then both of you can move on with clean slates.