Everyone knows breaking up is hard to do. But staying in contact with your ex following a breakup? That's where things get really tricky. By remaining in each other's lives, you run the risk of a post...
... of the relationship and breakup than you would have been had you never experienced the love and loss in the first place.
Lesson #2: Learn/Apply your Lessons Quickly
Just as breakups happen for a re...
... should just break up!”
Save breakup talk for when you truly want to end a relationship, not as a rhetorical weapon. Otherwise, you risk your match taking you up on the offer and leaving you cr...
... healing from an unrequited breakup nearly always passes through the "I just need to know what he (or she) is thinking and feeling," and yet, any amount of in-person conversations, phone cal...
... likely. While some couples can break up and remain friends, it’s rare. Planting that idea during a breakup can lead the other person, and possibly yourself, to expect too much from one another. ...
If you’ve ever been blindsided by a breakup, it’s possible that you weren’t picking up the subtle and not-so-subtle clues that signaled the end. Some people are blessed with laser-sh...
Whether you’re the dumper or the dumpee breaking up isn’t easy. The relationship could have only lasted a few dates or it may have stretched years but how you handle the breakup is ultimat...
Breakups are referred to as a “breakup” for a reason; because your relationship is broken. Now it is time to put it behind you and move on to more fulfilling experiences. Though this may s...
... Friend’s Ex
It’s called a breakup because the relationship is broken. Revisiting a previous partnership with expectations of a sudden dramatic change in your ex is futile. Although secon...
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This offbeat romantic comedy (which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) stars Jim Carrey as Joel, who opts for a procedure in which memories of his gi...
You’ve already returned your ex’s stuff. But despite the powerful image of a cardboard box full of memories being left at his or her doorstep, for some reason your ex is unwilling to actua...
In some ways your new relationship seems to be going pretty well. But at the same time there are doubts that keep nagging at you. Maybe you have issues with the person’s table manners. Or their ...
Maybe the only thing the two of you can agree on lately is that you argue all the time. Or perhaps you're just not feeling as connected as you once did. Maybe underlying trust/intimacy/fill-in-the-bla...
Love songs are a dime a dozen, but breakup songs are especially moving when you’re recovering from a failed romance. Looking to cry it out? We’ve compiled a list of 10 love songs that are ...
... because you dread the breakup conversation, then you’re just going to wind up becoming bitter toward this person for not taking the hint. She might fool herself for quite a while that the relat...
... side effect of a breakup, but sometimes you just have to let certain friends go to maintain your sanity. This is where the second rule comes in: don’t make mutual friends choose between you and...
