This is almost always why a 'break' is proposed.

This is his way of breaking up without being too harsh. Here are the reasons he's probably asking for one, in order of likelihood:ġ. So people know that, even if the idea of the 'break' has the best intentions, the odds that it won't just turn into a full-on break up are certainly stacked against you. Except, in the case of the relationship, instead of sinking slowly into a watery grave, you just get sad for a while and then date someone else.

There are few sentences that doom a relationship as much as 'let's take a break.' It's almost like saying, 'We're on the way out, but neither of us wants to let go, so let's just do this painfully and slowly.' It's like clinging to flotsam after a shipwreck in the middle of the ocean, knowing you'll likely drown but being unable to give up.