1) Flirt with a nice young girl who you've known for a while as an acquaintance, but not a great friend. Make sure she's at least a 9. The idea is to try the relationship out and see what comes of it. She may be single or taken.
2) Confess your feelings once you get some good one-on-one time. Surely your wiles have made quick work of her by now.
3) Date. No need to make it Facebook official.
4) Let about a year and a half pass.
5) Realize that you were never in love with her to begin with. What's the point in trying something out if there's nothing there to start?
6) Kill the relationship out of mercy
7) ????
8) Congratulations! You have just broken a heart clean in half!

Needless to say, I feel like an [censored] at the moment. She's headed off to university soon, though, and I just couldn't bare to lead her on. In spite of the fact that she was an incredible companion, friend, and lover, that imperceptible something was missing. That essential enigma called love just wasn't there, and it had to stop.

/melodrama
/vent

And here I thought offering money after the first date was the way...

It svcks, but if you're not happy in a relationship, and you don't think it's going anywhere good, you owe it to yourself and to your partner to end it. I'm sure it was a difficult decision, but it's also a brave one, and in the end you've probably done the right thing...

So no worries then. Shell be over you in a week. Getting smashed and have fun

I'm in the same situation as you. Except I love her and I'm worried that she might meet some smart, handsome, charming fellow.

I'm only charming at best.

She's not the type to end up in some strangers bed, that's for sure. She's smarter than that. In your case, depending on the girl, I think you made a very mature and appropriate decision.

Love is a two way street and if you're not feeling it, then that's that, even if she is. It's better for her in the long run that it breaks off with you and she finds someone she loves that loves her back. Plus, university is a really special time in a persons life. Especially if they're going to a different city where they don't have any family or strict rules being applied on them. It's a time to experiment with yourself, as well as learn about the things that interest you in-depth. To balance all that studying, experimenting, and finding herself with maintaining a relationship would be a huge burden on her, and especially so if you feel it's not even worth preserving.

Let her off the hook and give her a completely fresh start. Good on you, OP.

However it may not be in her best interests in the short run... She may be griefed and sorrow struck the first few weeks, dragged by some stupid uninhibited roommate to a party for sleazes, and then end up being caught on the rebound by some total jerk she didn't remember sleeping with...

But that's just speculation of course...

Like Wyatt said...she'll get over it. Twice as fast at Uni.

It's funny that we're on the topic of love now.

I just broke a heart.

The poor girl wrote a literal essay about everything she loves about me -- all since the 8th grade -- and my best response was "Lol, that's nice."

How....could you?

I don't know, I'm not feeling all that great about it either.

Time heals all wounds. Especially those from high school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNpHiMCW854

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neXaFUmiV3g

Maybe it was time to move on, I'm not in the situation so idk. Didn't mean to make you feel bad.

What you did was infinitely better than leading her on and into a dead end. Those were your only two options and you chose the better one.

Edit: Method of letting her down may have been less than admirable, but hey, it's one less thing she can love about you, right?

It'll definitely help her get over him more quickly.