I think one of the more popular break-up platitudes that people tell one another is the classic "I just don't have time for a relationship right now".

Which, I'm sure, is possible, depending on the amount of input the other party needs. For example, if your partner is co-dependent to the point of suffocation, needing several hours a day of reassurance and companionship, then sure. You could be too busy to work that kind of commitment into your schedule.

However, its pretty unlikely. 'I just don't have time for a relationship right now' in reality means a combination of several things:

a) I just don't like you enough to date you
b) I think I could do better
c) I just want to sleep with you
d) I think we should break up but I have no idea what to tell you

Or some variation on that theme. I'm not saying that it can never be a time-crunch thing, I'm just saying that in reality, it rarely is.

I think that when people want to be with someone- I mean really want to be with them- they will do pretty much whatever they can to make it work. Think of some of the sacrifices and compromises you've made in the past for the sake of a relationship.

When you want something- trust me- you'll make it happen, schedule or no. For example? Going home for Thanksgiving and X-Mas. No matter how broke you are, or how much you hate these family functions, you love your family and will make it happen to see them for the holidays. I'm not trying to equate dating with familial obligation, but the theory is the same.

If it matters, you do whatever you have to do in order to make it happen.

Ergo, this is a shitty excuse.