I'm currently undergoing an "in-between", meaning we broke up
but still maintaining contact. Giving each other time and space to
clear our heads and to solve the problem.
Break-up doesn't mean no turning back, I believe. A lot of times,
break-up occurs when one party cannot take it anymore and did not
express his/her dissatisfaction to the partner. Perhaps a break-up
can give both parties a "cooling down" period to think abt what's
wrong and to work on it.
Of course, if possible, the best way is to communicate while the
R/S is still intact. But humans and feelings are complex stuffs and
it's really tough to handle. Besides, we can learn alot from
breaking-up too. For example, lostlostlost, now u know what's the
problem and having learnt from it, you will better understand the
need to communicate your frustrations to your partner instead of
bottling them up and thereby avoid pushing the R/S to its
death.