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50 Ways To Leave Your Lover...

56 replies

TheBuffetInspector · 24/07/2025 17:39

Okay - showing my age.

But, in homage to great writer, sometime poster @JDKirk who opened his latest with a bickering couple and
"Push her in a hedge Reg" (which gave me delerious insomnia chuckles)

How would you leave your lover, in a Paul Simon way, using your username?

I was struggling with Inspector so, rather than text her, dissect her, vector (Victor?)

I went for:

Do a smelly guff, Buff.

Get in a huff, Buff.

Drink some Macduff, Buff...

Just set yourself free!

How would you potentially leave your lover?

P. S Gus hops on the bus. @JDKirk
Soz. It's Neish and no DC all over again!

OP posts:
Pasithean · 24/07/2025 18:56

The name explains all. Very dark lol.

FloraBotticelli · 24/07/2025 18:59

TyroleanKnockabout · 24/07/2025 18:17

This is difficult!

Send him on walkabout, Knockabout

SprayWhiteDung · 24/07/2025 19:03

FloraBotticelli · 24/07/2025 18:59

Send him on walkabout, Knockabout

Whack him with a sock o' sprouts, Knockabout?

KnickerlessParsons · 24/07/2025 19:03

Put her in a grave Dave
Throw her in the ditch Rich
Get a new lodger Roger

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 24/07/2025 19:14

Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and
Thursday I don't care about you..
It's Friday I'm not in love.
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday Wednesday i'll break your heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm not in love.

SprayWhiteDung · 24/07/2025 23:48

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 24/07/2025 19:14

Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday and
Thursday I don't care about you..
It's Friday I'm not in love.
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday Wednesday i'll break your heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm not in love.

That reminds me of the joke about St Francis of 10CC being the patron saint of not being in love Grin

MoonriseKingdom · 25/07/2025 00:12

Shoot him at noon Moon
Tell him some lies Rise
Ebay his ring King(dom)
and get yourself free

WanderingGiraffe · 25/07/2025 00:49

Send him up the Garden Path, Giraffe?!

JDKirk · 25/07/2025 09:00

I love this idea, and have just shamelessly stolen it for my Facebook page. I've admitted to shamelessly stealing it, but left it open for you to step forward and claim the credit and glory or not.

'Commit Hari-Kari, Barry,' is mine, by the way.

JDKirk · 25/07/2025 09:01

TheChosenTwo · 24/07/2025 18:02

Get yourself Frozen, Chosen.
That’s a bit shit, I was never good at things like this 😂

I would argue it's at least as good as most of the ones in the actual song itself, if not better. I mean 'No need to be coy, Roy'...?

MrsMoastyToasty · 25/07/2025 09:04

Put her out on the street, Pete.
Lose her at a rave, Dave.

GentleSheep · 25/07/2025 09:05

No need to go mental, Gentle
Just get in the jeep, Sheep
He's not worth a lentil, Gentle
Just set yourself free

Ginisatonic · 25/07/2025 09:10

Put him in the bin, Gin

Bridget57 · 25/07/2025 09:57

Just change your phone digits, Bridget...

SprayWhiteDung · 25/07/2025 10:31

JDKirk · 25/07/2025 09:01

I would argue it's at least as good as most of the ones in the actual song itself, if not better. I mean 'No need to be coy, Roy'...?

Yes, this. Without wanting to throw shade on Paul Simon's musical genius, some of the 50 ways (well, a handful that are actually given) are half-hearted and completely ineffectual.

Slipping out the back door, making plans, being coy, hopping on a bus and dropping off a key are just mundane things that people routinely do, completely unrelated to any desire to leave their lovers.

You need to be a lot clearer and more forthright if you want to make sure that they've properly got the message (even if you have to twist rhymes slightly):

Bash his head in with a spade, Jade.
Throw him out of the winda, Linda.
Sew prawns into his armchair, Claire.
Make a TokTok dis videa, Lydia.
Rub Deep Heat in his pants, Nance.
Feed him out-of-date dog food, Jude.
Sell the house while he's at IKEA, Leah.
Force him to watch Mrs Brown's Boys, Joyce.

BogRollBOGOF · 25/07/2025 10:40

Get eaten by a dog, Bog
Run off with a moll, Roll
Scoff her Biscoff BOGOF
Just get yourself free

MrsMoastyToasty · 25/07/2025 13:13

Send him off in a van, Jan.
Kick him into a Gorge, George.

StarCourt · 25/07/2025 15:10

pull the rope taut Starcourt

KnickerlessParsons · 25/07/2025 15:57

Drive her up the wall, Paul
Turn a weird hue, Sue
Run down the lane, Jane
Make like a shark, Mark
Say so long, John
Make him feel dizzy, Izzy
Ride away on a pony, Tony

Love this thread!

KnickerlessParsons · 25/07/2025 16:00

Make him drink Irn Bru, Sue
And make him drink coca cola, Lola

Crikeyalmighty · 25/07/2025 16:02

Sod your moods- dude!

KnickerlessParsons · 25/07/2025 16:02

Hit her with a pan, Stan
Give her evil brew, Andrew
Lock him in the dairy, Mary
Or in the loo, Sue

Crikeyalmighty · 25/07/2025 16:02

Great song by the way

Bigearringsbigsmile · 25/07/2025 16:04

Just run a mile, Smile!

DollopOfFun · 25/07/2025 16:05

Give him to a trollop, Dollop
Pull out a gun, Fun