An Individual Can Be the Instigator or Be the Rejected

Multiple Choice

An individual can be the instigator or be the rejected partner in a romantic break-up or the break-up can be mutual. What process leads to the worst amount of distress and to lesser amounts of distress? From worst to lesser amounts of distress:

A) mutual break-up, instigator, rejected
B) instigator, rejected, mutual break-up
C) rejected, mutual break-up, instigator
D) rejected, instigator, mutual break-up