It's Not You.... Well, yeah... It IS You!

The word,"friend", is used to define an active, mutually satisfying relationship. Nobody breaks up with a friend. So, why do we have to break up with people in our life like they are friends? It's not like you can say, "Let's just be friends" as we would in a boyfirend/girlfriend relationship. We weren't friends and we don't want to be friends. Shouldn't we just say, "I am not going to talk to you anymore"..? Or better yet, why doesn't just making yourself unavailable work? The answer is simple.... because some people just don't "get it." 
Yet, the question still remains. How do you break up with someone in your life? This is a tough question, especially when you see them all the time, and even harder when you are related. But, as we come to terms with the idea of an existing "non-friendship" it becomes easier to take the necessary steps towards practical separation. You'd think.....
Sometimes the rational ideas of breaking up such as 1. Cancelling all dates and stop making new ones, (2) Filtering out all telephone calls, text messages, instant messages, and avoid all comments on cyber-social networks, and (3) Letting them fade away just won't work. Sometimes these relationships that you wish were no longer are unavoidable like parasites sucking your life away and there is 

NO WAY OUT...... EVER.... 

And, sometimes even moving away won't work. These relationships will follow you until the the day you die and the person is going to make sure of that, quite literally even.
So, what do you say? Its not you, it's me.... That would be lying. Wouldn't it be nice if we were kids and we could just say, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore," and then walk off to go eat a cupcake? Ahhhh, to be 5 years old. No, I am thinking more like, "You are a crazy person, we can rehash this relationship after you have had psychiatric therapy."