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 Romance/Love: April 14, 2010 Issue [#3663] |
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Focus on yourself. Sometimes, a relationship doesn’t last because one or both of the parties involved has been trying to please the other one at the expense of pleasing themselves. Take up those hobbies you always wanted to do— knitting, scrapbooking, golfing, volunteering— and you’ll not only find a greater sense of self worth, but also meet new people in the process.
Don’t feel as if you can’t live the single life. I hadn’t been single for almost four years when my boyfriend and I broke up, so the thought was a little unsettling to me. But I didn’t run out and try to find a new boyfriend right away. It is very important to me to be able to live life on my own. No one should be afraid of being single. See #1 for ways that you can “focus on yourself.”
Stay friends, if you can. If you can at least be civil with each other, then you can avoid the drama of messy breakups, and life will be so much easier for both of you. My ex and I are still good friends and talk all the time. In some ways it’s made everything easier. (Then again, we never did do anything the “normal” way.) If your breakup was so messy that you’ll never speak again, don’t dwell on it. Everything happens for a reason.
Write about it. I’ve been participating in the Poetry in Motion contest, and all of my poems have been weird, dark, depressing poems about love not lasting. None of the poems are 100% factual, but writing them has been therapeutic for me. I can express my thoughts on paper much easier than verbally. Whether you’re a fiction writer or a poet, you can bring elements of your real life into your work. Journaling may also help you.
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