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6 Reasons It May Be Time to End the Relationship

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Maryland chapter.

1. He’s Not Interested:

A big sign to quit your relationship is when you start to notice that your boyfriend stops caring about what you’re doing on your Friday nights, or just what you are doing with your day in general.  He doesn’t ask to hang out, it’s always you asking him. He’s standoffish and unconcerned with your issues, which leaves you feeling like you’re annoying him when you talk about your problems.  If he’s making you feel this way it may be time to reevaluate the priority of your relationship with him.

2. Other Boys Catch Your Attention:

This may sound horrible, but it may be a bad sign when you’re out and about without him and you catch yourself flirting with and fantasizing about other boys.  If you catch yourself doing this often, it may be because you aren’t getting the kind of attention and affection you’re really wanting. This may lead you to seek comfort from other boys that really don’t mean anything to you.  If so, it’s time to weigh out the options and ask yourself if you really want to be in the relationship.

3. Someone’s Keeping Secrets:

No relationship does well with secrets. If he’s keeping secrets from you, or if you’re keeping secrets from him, it’s time to take a step back and ask yourself why you aren’t telling him these things. Are you scared? Nervous? Or just don’t care if he knows your secrets? The secrets he’s keeping from you may not be intentional, he just didn’t find you important enough to share them with or he didn’t find they were relevant to share with you. Your relationship should be honest and open and if you’re scared of being honest, it’s time to take a break from dating and just enjoy being single.

4. Communication Seems Off:

This one is similar to the secrets reason, but a little different. If he stops texting you, asking you how your day was, or how that really hard test in bio went, when you’re together and you’re the only one keeping the conversation going, and the conversations are short and meaningless, ultimately, you both  don’t feel like engaging with each other because it’s become a chore rather then an enjoyment.

5. The Little Things Start to Get at You:

When you’re with him the little things he does annoy you to no end—simple things like him not making your coffee the right way or not texting you back all day. Over the time of your relationship he has just become an aggravation rather then an enjoyment.  It’s almost as if he’s become some type of a chore and a check off the to-do list.  He isn’t someone you look forward to spending time with because you know he will tick you off and you’d rather spend time doing something else.

6. You Clicked on this Article:

You read the headline and automatically questioned whether it would apply to your relationship.  And now it’s time to think whethor ot not you’re in the relationship just because you’re scared of being “alone” or if it actually means something to you for you to fix some of the issues mentioned. If the majority of this list seemed relatable, it’s time to take the leap and consider parting ways. Allow yourself to figure out what you truly want and deserve in a relationship.