About Dear John

Modern dating has become remarkably efficient at bringing people together and surprisingly inventive at keeping them from having an honest conversation when things fall apart.
Somewhere between ghosting someone and spending three hours having the same conversation in a parked car, we thought there ought to be a more civilised alternative.

Dear John is a modern breakup agency based in Sandton, Johannesburg.
We write the letters, make the telephone calls and arrange thoughtfully chosen farewells. You tell us what happened, approve what needs to be said and leave the uncomfortable business of delivering the news to us.

We are not therapists, lawyers or relationship counsellors, and we have no intention of offering unsolicited advice about your romantic choices. We have all mistaken red flags for interesting personality traits. We simply believe that ending a relationship should not require the sort of elaborate deception usually reserved for international espionage.