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By Leslie }o Saul
Febiuaiy 2S, 2u14

Eveiy aspect of a bieakup is usually
pietty awful. Bowevei, theie aie a
few things you can uo to make a
bieakup feel even woise. The ieal
pioblem is a lot of us engage in these
soits of behaviois, sometimes in a
masochistic sense that only seems to
continue oui own miseiy. It is
impoitant to have a clean bieak
fiom youi ex anu to avoiu the
following behaviois.

! 5* 6*, 7&$1 46,* 8/9 :4,2 +*$/*6/ /'+/ #4;2, "%,/# " 8#/"0&1< It may
feel empoweiing at fiist, but ieally you aie just ieminuing youiself of what it
was like with youi ex. Sleeping with someone new is an impoitant pait of
getting ovei youi ex, but it shoulun't happen until you have emotionally
connecteu with someone else anu feel that you aie ieauy.

! It is also impoitant to +,*1 +,"'046; =*&# /> *6 +*?4"' $/94"< It will only
biing pain to look thiough hishei photos anu wonuei what they aie up to
eveiy moment of the uay. If you feel like you can't stop youiself fiom looking
thiough theii accounts, it may be wise to 'unfiienu' anu cut youiself off fiom
them foi a while.

! 5* 6*, #/34+4, =*&# *'9 +1*,+ ,* ,#= ,* #&6 46,* ,2/$< This will be painful
foi you anu veiy obvious if you uo see them at that coffee place just aiounu
the coinei fiom theii apaitment. Bo not put youiself in that situation, finu
uiffeient places to make youi own.

! @'*+&#/ 4+ 6*, *%,/6 1*++48'/A "69 6*, *%,/6 6/?/++"#=< Neeting up post
bieak-up usually just iesults in someone wanting an apology. Even if 'closuie'
happens theie is a ieason you aie not togethei anymoie anu a magical post
bieak-up meeting is not going to change that.

! 5* 6*, ?*6+,"6,'= ,"'0 "8*&, =*&# />< Although it's haiu because you
shaieu a lot togethei, tiy to keep youiself in check. Filtei youi stoiies so youi
fiienus uon't have to heai about himhei all the time. If you ieally neeu to
have a conveisation about youi ex with youi fiienus, fiame it as such.
Constantly uiopping youi ex into othei conveisations will get olu veiy
quickly.

! 5* 6*, '*+/ 4, *3/# =*&# /> $//,46; +*$/*6/ /'+/< It is not healthy. It is
peifectly ieasonable to be upset with the new boyfiienugiilfiienu youi ex
has, but uon't bioaucast it publicly. They have moveu on anu it's time that
you uiu so too.


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