6. A twisted escape plan: “You’re too good for me. You deserve someone better.”
“That just makes me think, ‘You should be happy to be with a guy like me then,’” said one guy. In this method, you act like you’re holding back and leaving him for his own good. He might end up trying to reconnect by saying something like “I chose you, so you should have some more confidence in yourself,” and that just makes things more complicated. If you really want to break up with him, give up on trying to be humble.