The Most Popular Breakup Lines Decoded!

We've all been dumped. Maybe it was years ago, maybe it was this morning, but it happens to everyone. And with breakups come all the cliche excuses for why.

Here is a nifty breakdown of what the most popular breakup lines ACTUALLY mean.

"It's not you, it's me." = "It's totally you."
"I'd like to stay friends." = "Please don't tell your hot friends I was a jerk to you because I'm SO crushing on the blond one."
"I can't handle how intense my feelings are for you." = "I don't have any feelings for you at all."
"I don't want to hold you back from (XYZ)." = "You're harshing my awesome and holding me back."
"We're just at very different points in our lives right now." = "You're in high school and I just got my Ph.D. in AWESOME."
"I need to focus on my career." = "I find you dull as rocks."
"I need my space." = "Please delete me from Facebook, Twitter, and forget my phone number – you're smothering me."
"I'm just not ready for this kind of relationship." = "I'm just not ready for this kind of relationship WITH YOU."
"You deserve better than me." = "I deserve better than you."
"I love you, but like a friend." = "I don't want to have sex with you ever again."
"You don't understand me." = "You don't understand me because your IQ matches your shoe size."
"When you define something, you limit it." = "Let's be fuck-buddies."
"We should see other people," = "I'm crushing on your hot blond friend."
"I think we're moving too fast." = "You've left me 6 voicemails, tweeted me 17 times, and plastered my Facebook wall with love quotes, you creepy stalker, you."
"I think we need a break." = "I found someone new."