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The study shows we are now in National Break-Up Season, the period between the December holidays and Valentine's Day when people are more than twice as likely to think about breaking up than at any other time of the year.
January, with all its focus on resolutions to be healthier, richer, and happier, naturally leads couples to take stock of their relationships and think about whether they are with the right person.
"'Find a new love' is up there with 'lose weight' and 'save more money' as a New Year's resolution," said Anna Zornosa, vice president and general manager, Yahoo! Personals. "People tend to 'put up' with current relationships in order to have a partner for holiday gatherings, but once the festivities are over it's time to decide whether to fish or cut bait."
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The two primary reasons leading to a break-up were not having a shared view of the future with a partner (48 percent) and feeling unfulfilled or in a rut (41 percent). Trigger factors varied around the country and across ages:
-- Feeling unfulfilled/in a rut would lead more East Coasters to reassess their dating life than other daters (47 percent of East Coasters versus 35 percent of West Coasters, 40 percent of Midwesterners and 41 percent of Southerners).
-- Daters aged 30 - 39 (50 percent) were more likely than those aged 18 - 29 (42 percent) to move on from a relationship because they had conflicting views of the future with their partner.
-- Feeling unfulfilled/in a rut was more likely to push daters aged 18 - 29 (45 percent) out the door than those aged 30 - 39 (36 percent).
I Will Survive
National Break-Up Season affects not only people ending the relationships but also those being left and the friends who will be asked to console and counsel them.
January, with all its focus on resolutions to be healthier, richer, and happier, naturally leads couples to take stock of their relationships and think about whether they are with the right person.
"'Find a new love' is up there with 'lose weight' and 'save more money' as a New Year's resolution," said Anna Zornosa, vice president and general manager, Yahoo! Personals. "People tend to 'put up' with current relationships in order to have a partner for holiday gatherings, but once the festivities are over it's time to decide whether to fish or cut bait."
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
The two primary reasons leading to a break-up were not having a shared view of the future with a partner (48 percent) and feeling unfulfilled or in a rut (41 percent). Trigger factors varied around the country and across ages:
-- Feeling unfulfilled/in a rut would lead more East Coasters to reassess their dating life than other daters (47 percent of East Coasters versus 35 percent of West Coasters, 40 percent of Midwesterners and 41 percent of Southerners).
-- Daters aged 30 - 39 (50 percent) were more likely than those aged 18 - 29 (42 percent) to move on from a relationship because they had conflicting views of the future with their partner.
-- Feeling unfulfilled/in a rut was more likely to push daters aged 18 - 29 (45 percent) out the door than those aged 30 - 39 (36 percent).
I Will Survive
National Break-Up Season affects not only people ending the relationships but also those being left and the friends who will be asked to console and counsel them.