6 Signs It’s Time to Break Up With Someone Even If You’re Still in Love With Them

Life is weird. Sometimes you fall in love with the worst person in the world. And sometimes the sweetest person on the planet grabs your heart but things just aren’t… right. It seems like crazy talk to find signs that it’s time to break up with someone that you’re still in love with. I mean, if you love someone, you should be together, right? Well… not always. Relationships end for a lot of reasons other than cheating or betrayal — sometimes they end for no reason at all. It’s never easy to know if you should end it, especially when the love is clearly present. And it’s especially difficult to know what to do when you’re deeply invested in the relationship.

And then there’s the heartbreak. I once broke up with someone who was, in my opinion, probably the nicest person ever. He didn’t do anything wrong, and I totally loved him. It just wasn’t right, and it wasn’t fair to waste either of our time. So, I ended it — it wasn’t easy, but I knew it was the right thing to do.

Things not feeling “right” is a totally legitimate reason to break up with someone. According to eHarmony, if you have to try to convince yourself to stay in a relationship, you probably shouldn’t be in a relationship, even if nothing specific has happened to make you upset with your partner. Sometimes the end has nothing to do with the person you’re dating and everything to do with you and where you are in your life. Love isn’t always the issue. You may never know for sure if you’re doing the right thing at the moment when a relationship ends. But to help you give you some sort of idea where to go, here are reasons why you should break up with someone you’re still in love with.