I've been dating an old friend of mine (2011-ish). We had a stretch of time where we lost contact for around 10 years before we reconnected in 2020. She was doing her MD when we reconnected and 5 months ago she proposed that we be in a relationship. I was unsure because it would be an ultra-long distance relationship (around 2600 Km between us), but got into it anyway after some tearful convos with her. Since we started the relationship, she's been having a emotional breakdowns one after other. E.g. I went on a trip with family and couldn't call her (kept in touch through text), I wanted to sleep after having a day where we VC'd for 5 hours in total, I had a bad day at work and couldn't see her texts etc., on top of her having issues within her family. How do I handle this most diplomatically?
>>35074780You're not in a relationship. You're her on-call 24 hour AI therapy bot.
>>35074780>How do I handle this most diplomatically?When it comes to break ups, there are three immutable and inescapable facts.1) You are going to break their heart. 2) Anything you try to do to make it less bad is guaranteed to backfire and make it worse. 3) The longer you wait, the more damage you will do. Once you accept that these things are inevitable, you realise there's nothing to do except make a clean break as quickly as possible.
>>35074788OP here, Some more details:We're both early 30's. I haven't had any long term romantic relationships. I am aware that she is in therapy due to past relationships. I am reluctant to do a clean break because I care about her. We've been friends since childhood.
