Breaking a Heart

This summer I realized that, no matter what way you go about it, breaking up with someone is going to be painful no matter what. You can go about it one of two ways: 1. Let the other person know what is going on in your heart, what you're thinking or that you're lost or whatever, and suggest taking a break. But then, where does that leave them? With nervous hope for who knows how long that there might be a chance that everything will go back to normal eventually. OR 2. Break it off right away, no matter how sudden or unexpected it may be. It is the most painful possibly, but does it save them months of anguish, or false hope? My dad put it this way: What kind of knife does a surgeon use? One with a very smooth and very sharp blade. Why? To make the cleanest cut possible; to ensure that the fastest and most precise healing begins immediately. Yes, the cut hurts, but it will heal much faster than if it had been cut by, say, a knife with a serrated edge, which will take longer to cut and longer for the wound to heal. What it comes down to is this: If caring about the person and the amount of pain that he is in is very important, then breaking it off suddenly is going to be greviously painful, but the best for both in the end.