'Relationship dumpers' burn out friends by oversharing about issues with their partners. Here's how to set boundaries.

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Imagine you're reeling from the emotions of just having fought with your partner. Do you sit with your feelings about the conflict and then talk things out? Or do you immediately text or call a friend to vent about your partner? If you answered the latter, you might be what licensed clinical psychologist and certified relationship and intimacy expert Jacqueline Sherman calls a "relationship dumper."