Breaking up is never easy, but ending a relationship doesn’t have to involve cruelty, dishonesty, or emotional devastation for either person involved. While some pain is inevitable when relationships ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If you can’t find the words to tell your significant other it’s over, it’s not you—it’s the fact that not ...

Our occasional marital spats sprawled out into all-consuming arguments. Finally, my wife simply declared that she wanted out. Out wasn’t as simple as packing a bag and leaving. We had three kids, a ...