The Modern Breakup Agency

The Letters

To all the things we are breaking up with.

Formal notice is served!

Letter 08 · 21 October 2026
Dear Reader

You have spent a week enjoying our breakup letters. Before this becomes another relationship in which one party refuses to explain their intentions…

Letter 07 · 21 October 2026
Dear Everyone Who Asked

Yes. We really will help you end it. We understand the suspicion. Most people who offer to sort out your love life end up recommending a crystal or…

Letter 06 · 20 October 2026
Dear Gym Membership

You only ever see us after a breakup. We arrive in new trainers, sign a 12-month contract and tell the front desk we are “doing this for me”. The…

Letter 05 · 19 October 2026
Dear “It’s Not You, It’s Me”

You are the only confession people make while hoping to be told what a lovely person they are.

Letter 04 · 18 October 2026
Dear Situationship

For eight months we have been sleeping together, keeping a toothbrush at your place and hearing about your childhood. Apparently asking whether we…

Letter 03 · 17 October 2026
Dear 2am Text

You always begin with “u up?”, as though the only obstacle to a great romance is whether we are conscious.

Letter 02 · 16 October 2026
Dear Read Receipts

You have turned “seen at 21:14” into enough evidence for three friends, two screenshots and a reconstruction of someone’s entire evening.

Letter 01 · 15 October 2026
Dear Johannesburg

Please accept this letter as 17 days’ notice. On 1 November, Dear John opens for breakups. Several of you have been meaning to end something since…

Letter 01 · Where It Started
The Founder's Letter

How a first date that vanished without a word became a company. Claudia explains.

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Who or what deserves a strongly worded goodbye and why don’t you tell us why you have had enough. Do not worry if it sounds a little petty, we are particularly interested in anything that begins with “I know this sounds ridiculous, but…” So go ahead and nominate anyone or anything. We cannot promise to take your side, but we would love to hear it.

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