{"id":130327,"date":"2023-09-18T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130327"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:30:50","slug":"i-broke-up-with-my-boyfriend-of-2-years-with-a-google-doc-i-dont-regret-it-as-i-didnt-have-to-do-it-face-to-face-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/beauty-and-fashion\/i-broke-up-with-my-boyfriend-of-2-years-with-a-google-doc-i-dont-regret-it-as-i-didnt-have-to-do-it-face-to-face-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years with a Google Doc, I don\u2019t regret it as I didn\u2019t have to do it face-to-face | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
BREAKUPS are never easy – but one woman decided to pull the plug on her relationship using a Google Doc.<\/p>\n
Laura Esposito realised her time with her ex had run its course after two years, when she was about to move to a new city at the age of 22.<\/p>\n
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However, instead of ending it face-to-face, she revealed she took a digital approach, and it didn\u2019t go down well.<\/p>\n
New York-based Laura explained to Insider: \u201cIt seemed impractical to drive two hours to northern New Jersey, break it off with him, and then drive back home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlus, I was an anxious driver. Did anyone want an already nervous person behind the wheel, doubled down with grief? It'd be a liability.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, to put it simply, I broke up with him in a Google<\/span> Doc for the greater good of humankind.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She compiled a \u201csingle-spaced, two-page document\u201d, which explained to her ex that they needed to find out who they were, without being in each other\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n Laura added: \u201cIn other words \u2014 I was a coward and couldn't bear witness to his pain, knowing that I was the cause.\u201d<\/p>\n While she stood by her reasons for the break-up, she realised doing it by Google Doc may not have been the best approach when she saw him in a bar a few months later.<\/p>\n Laura said her usually calm ex \u201cyelled\u201d at her, saying he couldn\u2019t believe she had done it that way.<\/p>\n <\/picture>MYSTIC MEG <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>HONEYMOON HELL <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>MUMFLUENCER <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>LE-GO-GO-GO <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n But she isn\u2019t alone in breaking up with a partner over a device.<\/p>\n A 2020 Pew Research Center survey found one in five adults feel it is acceptable to split up with someone over text or online.<\/p>\n However, Laura added that although breaks can be virtual, she now realises they \u201cshouldn\u2019t be if you can help it\u201d and she \u201ccheated her ex out of the respect he deserved\u201d.<\/p>\n Laura is now\u00a0dating\u00a0someone else and she\u2019s agreed that Google Docs are \u201coff the table\u201d.<\/p>\nMore on dating<\/span><\/h2>\n
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