How do you break up with someone who claims to be unable to live without you?

It's not me, it's a friend who had previously broken up with her boyfriend but he got extremely emotional and claimed that his life was meaningless and all this other stuff.


She ended up getting back together with him because she was afraid he'd literally kill himself.


But she doesn't like him anymore..she's even interested in other people again.





So basically the question is how can she manage to break up with him without causing a lot of harm to him??





Any advice will help. Thanks in advance guys :)How do you break up with someone who claims to be unable to live without you?
She needs to break up with him, getting back together only enables this behavior! If she stays with him, and gets interested in other guys, she might cheat (because she doesn't like him anymore) and that would cause WAY more suicidal behavior than just breaking up!


This is not a healthy relationship! Please get her out of it!How do you break up with someone who claims to be unable to live without you?
If she is not happy with him, then she needs to end it. She shouldn't let him manipulate her the way he is, threatening or making her believe he will kill himself. If he does end up doing that, it is absolutely not her fault. That's hard to believe if it actually happens, but it is the truth. If she can't stand the thought of having to break it off, then maybe she can make him want to break it off with her..... go out with other people, maybe even let him ';catch'; her with someone else, be difficult to get along with, etc. He is being manipulative and controlling, and if she lets him get away with it, then there's nothing anyone else can do to help her.