India, July 28 -- Almost all of us have that one friend who gets into a relationship and then holds on to it even when things are clearly not working out (fair warning: we can be that friend ourselves as well). As friends, it is our duty to hear them vent about their relationship troubles.

However, telling them outright to dump their disappointing partner outright, especially while they are opening up to us, might have a very different outcome than expected.

Taking to Instagram on July 26, therapist Jeff Guenther explained that the action typically has the exact opposite reaction. He explained what that is, and shared three things that we can consider saying instead.

Jeff explained why telling a friend to dump their partner can backfir...