So what's the ideal Back Bay restaurant at which to break up with your mistress?

By adamg - 12/27/12 - 12:32 pm

Local man seeks advice:

If one were to look for a quiet restaurant at which to break up with a woman whom one has been seeing for a while, and one is married, where might one go? Yes, yes, bad, bad. Back Bay preferred, as is someplace VERY private, quiet, out of the way, yet public enough in case things get "messy."

Via Marc Hurwitz.

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Burger King Copley Square

By J Costello (not verified) - 12/27/12 - 1:06 pm
#1

Easy access to public transportation, cabs, or the MassPike, and bright enough you will be able to see the massive flaws of each other in your eyes, scumbag.

Right On, But In All Fairness...

By Suldog - 12/27/12 - 1:19 pm
#2

... the person who asked for the info claims it is not for personal use, but rather for someone else to use.

(Whatever the case, I wouldn't expect it to turn out as cleanly as the person would hope. If we hear of an assault in a Back Bay restaurant sometime in the next couple of weeks, we might know why.)

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

You want to bring her out in public NOW?

By Nancy - 12/27/12 - 1:19 pm
#3

How about the lounge at the Marriott? It's tucked away in a corner (mostly) hidden from view and you can dump her there.

However, and I speak as a woman who made a horrible lapse in judgement once, why do you think you should do it in public? Call her up and tell her whatever lie you'd spin if you were at a bar or a restaurant.

Then brace yourself.

basic safety

By BikerGeek - 12/27/12 - 2:38 pm
#4

Perhaps she has a violent streak, or has made threats against him in the past, such that he fears what might happen if he confronts her with this news in private.

Yes, he's being a heel by cheating, but it's possible to not want to make things any worse than they have to be by being so tacky as to break up with her by telephone, or email, or other impersonal means.

Paging Paul Simon: 50 places to leave your lover

By adamg - 12/27/12 - 1:21 pm
#5

Via Twitter, may take a couple seconds to pop up:

50 places to leave your lover

Suggestions for a good Back Bay restaurant at which a man can dump his mistress.

Storified by Adam Gaffin· Thu, Dec 27 2012 09:19:16

@universalhub Tell her to meet you at Locke-Ober; the locked doors and dark windows should send the intended message.Steve Himmer
@universalhub I don't think there is is one. I'm thinking: Café EmailDGUMZ
@universalhub why waste the money? Send a text.Lisa Shannon Wittich
@universalhub @ConciergeBoston A restaurant that doesn't serve rabbit ala Fatal Attraction?Richard Auffrey
@universalhub Any of them, with a back door out of the place!Julie_Kanon
@Julie_Kanon @universalhub How about Nan Ling?Adam Castiglioni
"Imagine getting hit in face w a soup dumpling" MT @universalhub Good restaurant in Back Bay to break up w yr mistress? http://is.gd/JlVAgY Amanda Katz
@sarahw @universalhub That's fascinating.The advice about an Asian restaurant not having knives on the table is hilarious.GabriellePrendergast
@universalhub Food court at the Prudential? But seriously, at least have the decency to dump said mistress at a restaurant in the South End.lalunkee
@AdrienneLB @universalhub MET Bar.Meredith Goldstein
@AdrienneLB @MeredithGoldste @universalhub Top of The Hub. So she can jump off after.Matt Rickett
@universalhub Actually heard someone dump their mistress at Bricco in the North End once. What an awkward dinner they had.Steph Vita

Fire and Ice

By dud (not verified) - 12/27/12 - 2:10 pm
#6

Because then she'll never want to go out with him again anyway.

Any of the Public Alleys

By Hunter (not verified) - 12/27/12 - 2:23 pm
#7

Preferably near a dumpster.

Easy!

By dvdoff - 12/27/12 - 2:31 pm
#8

The bar at the Liberty Hotel! That's where all the masters of the universe shop for gumars.

No question

By John-W - 12/27/12 - 2:54 pm
#9

Public Alley 909

I'd stay away

By GoBruins - 12/27/12 - 2:56 pm
#10

From any Teppanyaki places. Too many accessible knives and that hot grill close by.

Be a man - let it get messy.

By NotWhitey - 12/27/12 - 9:35 pm
#11

Be a man - let it get messy. When she hears 'it's not you - it's me,' she'll need to let off some steam.

there's a difference

By BikerGeek - 12/27/12 - 9:44 pm
#12

between 'messy' and 'stabby'. Perhaps she's in the latter category.

perhaps

By slowman4130 - 12/28/12 - 12:09 am
#13

he should have considered that in the first place

perhaps

By anon (not verified) - 12/28/12 - 12:40 am
#14

He should stop lying to his wife about his mistress and vica versa.

I had a friend who was in this situation - she found out because the wife of the man who she thought was single came and took her to dinner and let her know that the rat bastard had lied to her. That part, at least, was civil enough that my friend dumped his ass hard and told him to go fuck himself when he tried lying to her more (and then told the wife that he had stopped by ...). The wife then divorced his ass and he came 'round again. Sorry again, asshole!

telepathy

By BikerGeek - 12/28/12 - 1:57 pm
#15

Yeah, because you can instantly size up whether someone has a violent streak immediately, right when you start dating them. Based on that logic, that should mean domestic violence will never happen, right?

He's a bit slow

By Atwater Flinch - 12/28/12 - 9:59 am
#16

Dude. It was already "messy."

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