January is the month to get dumped

Twice as many relationships break up in January than any other month, according to research by Yahoo! Personals, and the second Thursday in January is the most likely day.

It’s far enough away from the frivolities of Christmas and New Year parties (a major contributing factor) to not seem too cruel (?) or obvious, yet it gets the job done after that New Year Resolution.

Women are more forward-thinking about it all, whereas men are more likely to blame disagreements with in-laws as the reason for the split.

Among adults aged 18 to 24, relationship collapse was commonly blamed on partners flirting with other people during the party season. In contrast, 10 per cent of 35- to 44-year-olds said life was too short to stay with someone they were unhappy with.

Even though people might have known their relationship would end, this did not stop them from splashing out on their partners. One person in four bought an expensive Christmas present out of guilt, despite knowing they were going to split up in the near future.

(Source: Why today’s the day to kiss love goodbye)