What's the difference between breaking up and taking a break? One usually ends with you picking your shit up from the front yard after it's been tossed out, the other ends with one last nut and an amicable "I'll call you later, baby". Breaking up is the hardest thing to do because unless that person truly fucked you over, you don't want to hurt their feelings. We all know about the passive sabotage break up where we just stop caring and hope the other person is smart enough to break up with us first so we won't have to be the one to say it. But I've never talked about the alternative—The Break.
In the NBA they can choose to send players who aren't working out down to the minor leagues where for all intents and purposes they get their shit together and earn another opportunity to play in the bigs. Taking A Break was meant to be the D-League, time away to iron out your personal issues, prove that you're ready to be a better mate, and hopefully come back to the team for a championship run this time around. But of course in this day in age Taking A Break has become vacation from the stress while still getting the benefits. I knew this one guy who took a break from his girl every time he wanted new ass-- Selfish. I knew this girl who took a break when she went to college because she didn't know how to break her boo's heart gently-- Selfish. That's not taking a break that's holding someone who loves you hostage. Instead of focusing on the things that made them a shitty boyfriend or girlfriend, modern day break takers use The Break as just an excuse to go fuck other people or do their own thing, but with a loophole that says I can return if I proclaim "It's out of my system now". It's become the ultimate con for selfish people who just want to have their cake and eat it too. But it doesn't have to be that way. Relationships have horrible timing, some of us meet the right people at the wrong time and a little more life experience or self exploration is all we need to mak...
