There are many ways to get out of a relationship , some healthy and others…not so much. TikTok’s “Date Them Till You Hate Them” method, as you may be able to tell from the name, falls in the latter category.
The viral breakup theory is attributed to TikToker Meg Neil (@themegneil), who shared the secret to how she managed to get out of a four-year relationship with minimal heartbreak in a 2023 video : “I dated him till I hated him.”
This advice has recently resurfaced, making the rounds online as the latest in long line of toxic dating trends . Essentially, Date Them Till You Hate Them encourages people (especially women) to effectively slow fade out of their relationships instead of trying to fix or actively ending them, emotionally checking out and allowing themselves to build