TL:DR- My current partner and I work in management positions at the same job. We don’t often work directly together but our departments overlap at times. If we do break up which I feel is likely what’s the best way to avoid conflict in the work environment with one another?

I still love my partner but it’s becoming fairly obvious that the feeling isn’t as mutual as it used to be anymore. I’m grabbing my stuff from their place tomorrow and will hopefully have a talk with them by the end of the week about whether or not they want to continue dating or not.

We may wind up working things out but I don’t feel that’s super likely. My current plan was to be polite but try to distance myself a lot. It’ll be my first break up so I know it’ll hurt a lot on my end and I may become resentful in the first month or two until I can move past it and it will likely be the same on their end as well.

Our work social circles overlap a lot as well which stresses me out quite a bit. I don’t find it likely they’ll shit talk me or anything, it just makes things a bit awkward. I don’t want this to turn into some kinda drama filled shit show, I just want us to move our separate ways and call it a day.

I can’t leave this job, I’m about to get health insurance and a raise so completely leaving the situation isn’t an option.

I was thinking of telling them I need a day where we can sit and talk, either their place or some place public and isolated. I was just gonna ask if they were still happy, if not was it something that could be fixed and then go from there.

Our six months is the tenth, was kinda thinking of doing it then but idk if that would be rude? I just figured it was good timing because six months is a decent amount of invested time and if things aren’t gonna work I’d rather stop now and get on the process of healing and moving on and if they are going to work having an open and honest conversation about our future.

Is this a good idea or is there a better way of handling this? Is there anything I can do to make it not end on too bad of a note as well?