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"A few months ago, I broke up with a really great guy. And, if the rumors check out, Reese Witherspoon may have recently done the same thing.\nUs Weekly is reporting that the actress called it quits with her boyfriend of nearly three years, Jake Gyllenhaal, a guy many of you think is totally sweet.\n&amp;quot;She felt pressured to wed again, but she wasn&amp;#39;t ready,&amp;quot; an insider says. &amp;quot;She couldn&amp;#39;t give Jake enough, and she got cold feet. Jake wanted all of her.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebookNeither Jake nor Reese have confirmed the split, but an insider says that the hunky actor isn&amp;#39;t taking the breakup well. &amp;quot;It broke his heart,&amp;quot; the source says.\nIt&amp;#39;s really hard to end a relationship when there isn&amp;#39;t anything &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; with the guy. In my situation, my boyfriend and I were simply headed in different directions&amp;#8212;he wanted to settle down, and, at 22, I was itching for adventure. Oh, the breakup was awful. But, I know that it was the right thing to do. If you&amp;#39;re wondering how to leave an awesome guy, here are my top three tips\u2026\n1. Don&amp;#39;t pick a fight. It&amp;#39;s tempting to start squabbles in hopes that he&amp;#39;ll simply break up with you and save you the trouble. But that&amp;#39;s cruel and unfair. It&amp;#39;s much better to address what&amp;#39;s really going on.\n2. Don&amp;#39;t beat around the bush. When there isn&amp;#39;t a specific problem in a relationship&amp;#8212;like cheating&amp;#8212;a gentle, yet direct approach is best. A simple, &amp;quot;You&amp;#39;re a really great guy, but I don&amp;#39;t feel the chemistry anymore, and we both deserve to have that&amp;quot; is better than a two-hour spiel that will only leave both of you confused.\n3. Make it stick. Because he is a good guy, it&amp;#39;s tempting to stay in contact (or even continue to hook up), but it&amp;#39;s important to resist. Commit to at least a month of no talking, texting or F-booking to give him time to move on.\nHave you ever called it quits with a good dude? How did you handle it? How did he handle it?\nFor more on breaking up\u2026\nCheck out this reader&amp;#39;s dilemma\nDo you do &amp;quot;the taper&amp;quot;?\nDo you give your ex&amp;#39;s stuff back? (I don&amp;#39;t!)\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage.\nFollow Glamour on Twitter.\nPhoto: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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