Some people choose to break up amicably whereas others don't take it quite so well.
This is the odd moment a Chinese man was filmed desperately clinging to his girlfriend's leg after she told him she was leaving him.
And now, the video of the man's public begging has gone viral, showing him crawling across the ground and asking her not to end their relationship.
His girlfriend is seen slapping him in the face several times while trying to make a quick getaway as he continued to grip her tightly.
He begged: "Please don’t leave me," but his determined girlfriend shouted: "Let me go. This is so embarrassing."