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Couples Must Know: Signs Before a Relationship Collapses

2026-01-16 07:07:08 · · #1

1. When they'd rather spend hours playing online games than talk to you. "Online games" could be replaced with "chess," "golf," "walking the dog," "reading novels," or even "daydreaming." The more trivial their obsession, the more dispensable you seem.

2. If he remains unmoved when you pose seductively in lace lingerie, and there's no longer any sexual fantasy or desire, you should just stay friends.

3. He cancels a date with you just because a colleague invited him to go to karaoke. This neglect isn't a momentary oversight, but rather stems from a deep-seated indifference.

4. You have nothing to say to each other, and you don't even have the desire to speak. Since you're already like strangers, it's better to remain strangers; otherwise, you'll be even more lonely in the years to come.

5. You will often look at each other and think: God, how could I be with someone like this? You have become unbearable to him, or he has become unbearable to you; or, you have just seen through each other's true colors, only to find that the other person was a stranger.

6. When you storm off in a huff, he no longer calls to apologize or try to win you back. Clearly, he's annoyed.

7. You suddenly find it unbearable to cook, wash dishes, and do laundry for him every day, and the thought of spending your life like that sends chills down your spine. You don't love him enough, so why sacrifice for him?

8. Even if you're together, you'll still worry about money. People don't live just to eat, but they still need to eat to survive. You don't necessarily need a sugar daddy, but if he can't make your life better, why are you with him? Are you doing this out of altruism?

9. He or you start to think that romance is a foolish thing and are too lazy to bother with it.

10. He might directly suggest you wear a different style of clothing, or say with a straight face: Why can't you speak and dress like Lin Chi-ling? It's as if he's already as perfect as Brad Pitt.

11. Contact is becoming less and less frequent.

Before breaking up, many couples enter a very long period of cold war. During this time, they contact each other less and less, stop texting, rarely make phone calls, and even when they are online, they are too lazy to greet each other. This is one of the most obvious signs before a breakup.

12. His attitude became cold.

Before a breakup, many couples become indifferent to each other due to arguments, cold wars, and various misunderstandings. They no longer understand each other and don't want to pay attention to each other. If one of them has a cold, the other doesn't care much. If it rains and the other doesn't have an umbrella, the other won't care. You can see this in many small things in life.

13. Mutual suspicion

If both parties distrust each other, always feeling that the other is getting close to someone else, or that the other is up to no good, this is one of the signs of a breakup. If there is more suspicion and distrust in a relationship, the relationship is already dead in name only, and a breakup is just around the corner.

14. Arguing for no reason

If he always argues with you for no reason, you should be careful. A person who wants to break up will find all sorts of excuses and topics to argue with you. He will not let go of any opportunity to argue and will use arguments to bring up breaking up. So if he inexplicably picks on you to argue, he most likely wants to break up.

15. A sudden increase in friends of the opposite sex

If your partner suddenly has many new friends of the opposite sex and is too busy socializing to pay attention to you, and doesn't even take you with them, you should be careful. Their coldness towards you and their meeting so many new friends of the opposite sex raises serious questions about their motives and could be a sign of an impending breakup.

16. We rarely see each other anymore.

If the two of you see each other less and less, be wary of sudden breakup requests. If it's because of distance, it's understandable. But if one of you lies and says you're too busy to see each other for a week or even a month, be extra careful, as it's likely a sign that you want to break up.

17. I no longer care about you

Your ex-boyfriend used to care about you a lot. He would urge you to get up in the morning, remind you to eat breakfast, remind you to bring an umbrella when it rained, and call you before going to bed. But now things are different. The caring text messages are gone, and the phone calls are just perfunctory. These are all signs that a breakup is possible.

18. Various forms of impatience

He won't reply to your texts, he'll argue with you when you call, he'll hang up on you under the pretext of being busy with work, he'll ignore you when you show concern, he's impatient in every way, as if everything you do is wrong and he can't tolerate anything you do. A breakup is almost certain.

19. Became very cold

Before a breakup, a man will be very cold towards you. He won't care if you change your hairstyle, perfume, or lipstick color. A woman, on the other hand, will become more conscious of her appearance and respond coldly to her boyfriend's concern. Love will plummet to freezing point from this moment on.

20. A casual, perfunctory date

His once heartfelt and passionate embraces have now become perfunctory gestures; the tender gaze he once gave you has vanished. The man who used to wait patiently downstairs all night will now have a huge argument with you for being 10 minutes late. Women will use excuses like not having time for you, not wanting to go on dates, and not wanting to chat with you. If these signs appear, you should be wary.

 21. "I'm very busy"

If your partner starts frequently using phrases like, "I'm so busy," always working overtime, entertaining clients, traveling for work, or having the phone constantly busy; "I'm really annoyed lately," so they need a few days of peace and quiet, turning off their phone, not being in the office, not being at home, and not going online; and "I don't want to go," even though they used to come to your house on weekends, they've been inexplicably canceling lately—be careful!

22. Constantly checking your phone during a date.

If he's constantly distracted during your date, always checking his phone, and doesn't seem interested in talking to you, you should realize that you might not be that important to him; his phone is more appealing to him.

23. If you've been dating for more than six months, do not introduce him to his friends or family.

During your relationship, a man will naturally introduce you to his social circle, letting you meet his friends and family. He won't avoid letting you meet them. If you've been dating for more than six months and he hasn't introduced you to his friends or family, he might not fully approve of the relationship.

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