There seems to be 3 types of response to this.
1. NC (the main one recommended by people on SS, the main one I've used, it leaves a vacuum in them, but I think they mostly read NC as "awwww he's upset and that's why he's ignoring me")
2. Beg, bargain, emotional outpouring (beta, omega sad cvnt, never works)
3. Reply upbeat like you couldn't give a flying fvck. (I actually think in many ways this is the most Alpha and most psychologically damaging, as it confuses the sh1t out of them. Why?... because they want validation that they matter to you, it's wondrous for their ego. Counter that and they are forlorn and crushed.).
# 3. is rarely suggested or used on this forum, however I've used it and it is probably one of my crowning moments? Described below.. Just some fat to chew over.
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Some hot girlfriend I really liked once told me it was over, you know my reply?.... The complete opposite to what my mind wanted to do and what she expected - at the time I'd just read an article by a psychologist talking about such approaches.
What I said....
"Hey, yes you're right and I fully understand, I can see you're suffering the same thing as me in that my attraction to you has waned. So it's definitely the right thing and I think in the long run we'll both be much happy." I kissed her, hugged her, smiled and walked away wishing her good luck with a wink.
After 2 days she started chasing... continuously for weeks, professing undying love and she'd made a HUGE mistake, trying everything and anything including sending me sexy pics of herself and such like. Why? Because I Alpha'd the fvck out of her silly emotional mind with my response, and that was what was missing from our relationship, that turned her on and gave me massive value boost in her perception of me. I showed ultimate value and ultimate couldn't give a sh1t - which left her confused and probably imagining me with a harem of potential women to bang in the near future.
I banged her a few times on my terms and really pushed the kink boat out because she wanted to please me at all costs. Then I pretty much said it was pointless continuing, that she was right in the first place, and then ended it for good much to her sobbing tears.
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