When I was 20 I met a guy and married him after dating for 3 months. We were together for five years and had a child. I didn't love him, and over those five years I grew to hate him. I was not happy at all.

When I was 25 I met someone new who lived 900 miles away in another state. I divorced my ex-husband, lost my son, my home, and pretty much everything and started a life with the man who is now my husband. I would have said then that he was the love of my life and still is, despite the rocky relationship we've had recently.

Now I'm 32 and I wouldn't go back with my ex-husband, but I wish I had done things differently. I believe it was Karma that caused my son to be taken from me, which was the most traumatic thing to happen to me.

If you have no children involved, I say it will be much easier to end the relationship. But first examin why, and is there no chance of reconciliation, and if not it is better to be honest move on than to stay and continue to break someone's heart.