Breaking up constantly?

Have you ever had a friend that took more effort than you thought needed? Someone who constantly disagreed with you or was just a complete opposite of you that you all had to stop being friends for a time?

Well, any male/female relationship should ultimately be based upon friendship. If you all can not even get along without breaking up left and right then you arent, to me, truly friends - thus, the relationship is doomed irregardless. Why would you want to stay with someone if you are 50% happy? Breakups are difficult, sloppy messes - don't put yourself threw one if you don't need to man.

It is different for different couples. I know a couple that had been married for 40 years. Inbetween that time, they had married, divorced, married, divorced, she was married to someone else for like a year, then they married again and had been married ever since until he passed two years ago. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. My boyfriend and I have broken up and gotten back together probably three times now. He has some anger issues that he needs to deal with before I feel I can fully commit to our relationship, but I love him a lot and I can't imagine being with anyone else.

i feel they generally don't work out if they keep breaking up and getting back, it's as if they're indecisive or they find more reasons to break up or they're together for the sake of having a girlfriend or bf. that's just my personal view and observation with my friends in similar situations

Usually one person realizes that's not the way a relationship works.
Breakups are tough, they cause a lot of emotional stress and noone wants to go through that over and over again.
You don't want to be in an unstable relationship like that.

I think its a bit sad when someone goes their ex. If they its from a reason,

those sort of relationships are the "can't live with them, can't live without them" sort of relationships. tension flares up easily and then they split to ease the pressure, but soon they A) get sick of being single and go back to each other. B) feel some sort of void without them that no one else has come around to fill. C) start to glamorize the relationship they were in, ignoring all the strife and focusing on the lovey dovey/sex aspect of it.

unfortunately, that's all those sort of relationships will ever be. it could be love, but it's probably isn't, and clearly the chemistry is too out of wack for anything more serious to come out it (e.g. marriage).

relationships shouldn't be like a Katy Perry song, it should be fighting and breaking up and kissing and making up over and over again.

About 6 months ago I would have told you they always work out in the long run, but now I don't think that's the case. I was with a guy for 2 and a half years during which we probably spent more time arguing and breaking up than enjoying eachothers company. One day I just looked around me and thought if everyone else deserves to be happy why don't I. If you love someone you always love them...not just sometimes.

Thats just not the way relationships work. You're going to keep going with this pattern until one of you finally makes sure that your next breakup is for good. That's really all there is to it.

Usually two very weak individuals. Also seem to need attention. I try to stay away from them as much as possible, and if my friend gets into one, I tell him I will support him like a friend does but that I'm not going to listen to his pathetic rambling about his consistent breaking up with a girl.

Rarely works.

What do you mean by work out? They can stay together... but will always fight, break up, and get back together. That's no way to live.

From my personal experience... Things do not work out. But my experience was a unique one. She ended up going to my best friend. So, be leary and watch out for your best friend if you are so in to the girl you are either with or like. Odds are.. she likes him more than a friend.