5. Because not breaking up for real leaves room for getting back together.
“If the relationship ends because I’m not pushing for it, then so be it. But if things get rolling again somehow, then we can just pick things back up.”
Responses like this—where the man wants to take a step back and see how the situation unfolds—really stood out. There was also one respondent who confessed, “I know it sounds bad, but I’d rather keep her as a fallback.” This shows the real, rather basic reason that these men hide behind layers of excuses.