The Best (and Absolute Worst) Ways to Break Up

Girls Gotta Eat

Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

There isn’t always a “right” way to break up…but there is a wrong way. We polled our audience and are discussing the art of the exit in terms of method (when is a text sufficient?), best and worst places to break up (their place or yours?), optimal day of the week for ending things, and what absolutely not to do if you actually care about someone’s feelings. We share our own worst breakup stories, tell you the one place to never go when you’re on the rocks with a partner, and rank various locations for breakups from cars to restaurants to park benches. Before we get into the topic, we have updates on Rayna being sick and Ashley’s NYC home buying journey, and we break down the book of the moment – Strangers by Belle Burden. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit https://girlsgottaeat.com for live show tickets and more. Shop the Vibes Only sale at https://vibesonly.com/. Thank you to our partners this week: Lola Blankets: Get 40% off select products at https://lolablankets.com with code GIRLSGOTTAEAT Hungry Root: Get 40% off your first box and free item in every box for life at https://hungryroot.com/GGE with code GGE Skims: Get our favorite bras and underwear at https://skims.com/gge. Hers: Get the support that actually reflects your needs. Start a free intake at https://forhers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If I traveled to get dumped, if I went to a different borough, if I went to West Hollywood from the West Side during rush hour 90 minutes to get dumped, you better pay me.
0:28.8	I'm going to be. This podcast is a dear media production.
0:30.2	Hi guys. Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat.
0:33.3	Welcome back.
0:34.4	We are in Cabo as this airs. Yes. for a wedding. I'm a friend of Alyssa.
0:40.4	Yes. Moy Caliente. We're on a boat. Oh, yeah. Yes, on 420. We will be on a boat. I'm just
0:48.7	so glad to be back in Cabo. What happens in Cabo stays in Cabo. That's where you got a boyfriend.
0:54.4	That's where I got a boyfriend.
0:55.2	It's where I turned 40.
0:56.4	Yeah.
0:57.0	So if you know, you know, it has a special place to heart. But yeah, we're here for our friend's wedding as this airs. Rina, I got to tell you. So I wanted to book some stuff. We're going to be there for five days. Sean and I are. We're doing like a trip like Saturday through Wednesday.
1:10.4	And I was like, I want to do some stuff.
1:12.5	We have a few things with the wedding, doing like a trip, like Saturday through Wednesday. And I was like, I
1:11.2	want to do some stuff. We have a few things with the wedding, but like I want to do something on like Sunday. Do each other. So I booked an excursion and I don't think you're going to be in town yet, but I figured I would invite you live on air. We are going to do a three hour e-bike tour. Oh, what?
1:28.2	Around the beaches and stuff.
1:29.5	It looks pretty cool.
1:30.3	You're a bike on the beach.
1:31.0	You do, I think you have a three-hour e-bike tour. Ew, what?
1:28.1	Around the beaches and stuff.
1:29.5	It looks pretty cool.
1:30.3	You're a bike on the beach.
1:31.0	You do? I think you have these like fat tire bikes. So here's what I... On the sand? I don't know. I didn't even know you could do that. So there was a few different options and what I wanted to do, which they didn't have any availability was it's a two-part excursion, e-bike and camels.
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