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Mel Greig: I’m sorry, but I have to break up with you
So apparently, “I’m sorry, but I have to break up with you” are the words most said in December.
According to hook-up app RedHotPie, December is break-up season and research shows that warm weather and spending Christmas with the family is to blame... or maybe your new ex is just a dick? #justsaying
It does actually make sense though and I know that one of the women my ex-husband cheated on me with was in December on a balmy night out.
In winter, we're happy to have nights in on the couch, cuddling and spending quality one-on-one time together – but by December our social lives are at an all-time high and some of us have new summer bodies to flaunt, and we're seeking attention and validation (I’m still working on my 6 pack, it’s a 10-year work in progress . . . maybe 20 years).
Apparently, the warmer weather encourages people to be more "sexually adventurous", too. Look I won’t lie, this one time on a holiday to Noosa in December my boyfriend and I totally had hokey pokey on the beach with the waves lightly crashing over us... I was finding sand for days after that, but the weather had us feeling adventurous and we found ourselves in a very romantic moment under the moonlight and warm air.
So basically, December makes us feel sexy. But what about the other reason for breaking up – “spending time with family”?
According to the survey results, the anxiety of having to bring the new partner to Christmas lunch is too daunting and we’d rather break up than deal with the wrath and 100 questions from the family. And of course it’s an indication of a high level of commitment if you bring someone home for Christmas, especially if you sit there going through the baby albums and mum says “He was so cute as a baby, you guys will make the cutest babies, I can’t wait to be a nanna”! That shit is the real deal.
Even though December is one of the loosest months of the year for us, what with being full of holidays and parties and showing a lack of responsibility, it’s also one of the most soul-cleansing and decision-making months because we have NYE to decide what we want for 2018.
In December, we not only might break up with a partner, but we are more likely to quit our jobs and say goodbye to toxic friends. We see New Year's Day as a fresh start, we hit the restart button, and we can make ruthless decisions.
One thing I do know though is that if someone is going to break up with you because they want attention for their new body or they're too embarrassed about bringing you home to Mummy and Daddy for Christmas, they are doing YOU a favour by breaking up with you in December.
Because now you can hit the restart button and leave that douche behind.
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