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Breakup Advice

September 24, 2009
By Anonymous

After those amazing relationships end, you have to ask yourself how things will continue. If you broke up with your partner, you must either be unhappy with them, mad at them, tired of them, or some other circumstance. So, if it is you who breaks up with the other, stop and think. As one single person, you don't have any idea what the other might go through. One moment to you is completely different that that of another. For example, you might go on a date and have the time of your life, oblivious to that fact that the one you care for is about to slit their wrists in boredom.
Just and example.
But that is something that you can relate to a breakup. You might think that things are better off without the other. They might be tripping and falling behind you, trying to catch up and get you back. It happens a lot, and these breakups are the worst. I myself went through one. And I've scraped my knees so much over these past to years tripping and falling after her(yes, two years. She's so beautiful I can't stop thinking about her). I've found out the the first and most important thing you can do to stay out of those horrible, bad break ups, is to forget. Easier said then done, right? Well, there is only one way to completely get over such a thing. Overwrite the memories that the two of you shared. Now, people call this a rebound, but isn't every boyfriend/girlfriend after the first a rebound? You must make better memories with this person. Have a greater time, and think about the new things you share rather then all the things you used to share with the other. Take it from me, with time, almost everything is mendable.


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on Jan. 1 2011 at 6:52 pm
PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM, Aberdeen, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing..

i agree with everything except the forgetting part... if you forget, then u dont remember who you loved or who you shared those memories with.... love is the greatest risk, but the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.

I was in love with this one guy that i was with for 2 years and 9 months. he broke up with me for another chick, and i still love him.. there's no doubt n my mind about that.. it's been approx. 3 years since all that happened, and im not ashamed of still having feelings for him. he's got 4 kids (and only 22) and each time one is born, i wish it was me, yes, but im just happy for him bc he's happy. if u really love someone you only want them to be happy in life... even if it's not with you... i'm happy for him bc he's happy.. i love his kids like they are mine and that's all one can do wn things like this happen.


on Dec. 26 2010 at 9:32 pm
COURTneyyy27 SILVER, Boise, Idaho
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I absolutely love this, and even though some people don't agree with it, I most certainly do. I was in love with a guy for multiple years, in an on-again-off-again relationship with him, when he totally decided he wasn't going to commit to me anymore. He broke my heart, but I hung on. But you were right to say that the best thing is to overwrite the memories...I was afraid to fall for anyone else because I was still hanging onto HIM, but another guy came along. I guess you could say he's my rebound...but the point is, I love this new guy 10 times more than I EVER loved the other one. He is my true love, and everytime I see his smile, I "trip and fall" after him :)

So, yes, as you said, "with time, everything is mendable." Thanks for writing this :)


on Dec. 26 2010 at 5:32 pm

   I agree with most of this. Most. 

 Notice I say not all.

 

 Why?

 

 Because why would you overwrite those memories? If you truly loved someone...why even try to forget about them? I understand trying to get rid of bad memories, but if the only way to hold on to the good times is to also remember the bad...I'd choose to take a few bad memories and keep all the good ones, instead of just starting over.  

 It just seems to me, if you truly loved someone, you wouldn't forget him/her, even if they forgot you.


on Dec. 20 2010 at 4:22 pm
XxDarkAngelxX, Modesto, California
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Favorite Quote:
people have never really been there for me but music always has

if you forget you never really loved them and if don't forget you loved them

on Dec. 10 2010 at 2:45 pm
KaylynVictoria SILVER, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
Always keep your head up so you never have an excuse to look down at yourself(:

I love it!!

shedevil said...
on Dec. 2 2010 at 7:22 am
shedevil, Spotsylvania, Virginia
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This is so true !

on Dec. 1 2010 at 5:23 pm
OriginalCarbonation GOLD, Naperville, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
dream as if you&#039;ll live forever<br /> live as if you&#039;ll die tomorrow

yesss... but... sometimes its just wat u need to fall in love all over again. u cant be worrying about the other person if ur crazy in love with ur new one! however i know what u r saying. beccause then u get tired of them and want to leave, even tho there are still some real connections being made. and then u feel guilty for using them in some ways and stay, and more connections are made. and eventually u just have to go and then it hurts u both.

sry bout the typing and wording- going fast :P


on Nov. 22 2010 at 4:33 pm
Gothgirl BRONZE, Thomasville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The one you love hurts you the most.&quot;

I reallyenjoyed reading this piece.

on Nov. 20 2010 at 8:12 pm
Mortie PLATINUM, Oak Run, California
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Favorite Quote:
Whats The Point?

that, i think, is great advise...

you should write more!!!


on Nov. 12 2010 at 11:42 pm
White_Shadow BRONZE, Putnam, Illinois
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&quot;A life without cause is a life without effect.&quot; - Unknown

i understand that there are always exceptions. and i'm sorry to hear that

on Nov. 12 2010 at 8:17 am
COURTNEEEEY. BRONZE, Limerick, Maine
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;There ain&#039;t no troubles that we can&#039;t rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.&quot;- Tim McGraw, Carry On.

I beg to differ, a close friend just died & I dont think ill ever get over it, its not mendable.

on Nov. 1 2010 at 9:36 pm
FreakShow818 PLATINUM, Longmont, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never Let The Fear OF Striking Out Keep You From Playing The Game.&quot;

I am really sorry for what you went through, but I just had to tell you something.

I've been "the girl in the bed" before, and she hurts just as much as you do. The guy probably is NOT worth it. Trust me on this one, he's just a headache and an EXTREME heartache. Though, you know him better than I do.

Just putting in my two cents!


on Nov. 1 2010 at 9:33 pm
FreakShow818 PLATINUM, Longmont, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never Let The Fear OF Striking Out Keep You From Playing The Game.&quot;

I like the last line, almost everything is mendable.

But is it really?

Sometimes, it's hard to think so. People heal at different rates, and some people were never cut up at all. And then you're stuck there wondering if they care as much as you do.

But anyway! great article.


on Oct. 25 2010 at 9:21 am
.babycakes. GOLD, Waupaca, Wisconsin
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I agree. I was with a guy for a year and 4 days after we celebrated I found a girl in his bed. Apperiently something had been going on between them for a lil bit. I had a feeling something was going wrong between us I just didn't want to believe it because I'm so in love with him. That's right, I still love him with all my heart and want to be with him no matter what. Sure he hurt me but people make mistakes. I just don't know what to do anymore because I've been talking to this guy that lives 2 hours away and I'm starting to like him but I know nothing will really come of us because of the distance. I kinda feel guilty for liking him when I still love my ex. I know this is probably normal because it's only been 10 days since it all happened but it's nice knowing other people out in the world can relate. Please keep in touch :) anyone in this discussion just message me.

on Oct. 14 2010 at 3:51 pm
Tayrodactyl PLATINUM, Palmyra, Indiana
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I know exactly what you mean. my best friend did the same to me, except she got him to dump me by lying and telling him that i cheated even though I never did. she says that it's all true, but it really isn't, so now im heart broken... just forget your friend, cos if she rele was ur friend then she wouldn't have done that, and as for the guy... just try to find someone who makes you happy

on Oct. 13 2010 at 10:19 am
JoannaaSonn BRONZE, Thornton, Colorado
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I love this(:

It is soo tuee


on Oct. 8 2010 at 4:53 pm
blackraindrops BRONZE, Paradise, California
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&quot;Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain.&quot;<br /> &quot;The reason people hold onto memories so tight is because they are the only things that don&#039;t change, even when everything else does.&quot;

"Ugh", i can completly relate to you! In fact i find it somewhat almost reassuring that someone out there knows how it feels to be forbiddon to be with the one you love. Me and my ex are still completly in love with each other as well. all though his mother isn't racist she still decided to hate me with all thats in her. Me and my boyfriend snuck around for the longest time dating each other behind her back. It was hard and very stressful. After a while we had to break it off because of her. Even now she does everything she can to make my life my miserable. I can't tell you what to do.. because i'm still trying to figure that out myself. But just know that his mom is stupid for judging you she has no right. If she has said awful things to you.. don't believe them. She doesn't even know you...  I doubt that any of this helps.. but i just wanted to let you know that there is someone who can relate to you and that i'm really sorry.

amykins BRONZE said...
on Oct. 7 2010 at 6:01 pm
amykins BRONZE, Carrollton, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
We are all a little weird and life&#039;s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

Wow, I not only agree with Cyanidesun, but love the way she wrote that.

amykins BRONZE said...
on Oct. 7 2010 at 5:54 pm
amykins BRONZE, Carrollton, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
We are all a little weird and life&#039;s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

That's exactly how I feel, you have to confront the pain not cover it up. Eventually, you'll just have all this pain bottled up inside and what good is that? You just to learn to be able to say, "It was good while it lasted, I cherish those memories, but now it's time to make new ones."

on Oct. 6 2010 at 3:20 pm
SomethingLikeFire BRONZE, Mchenry, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn&#039;t he?&quot; - <br /> -- The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

what his mom doesn't know won't hurt her...

any way, im really sorry about the trouble you are going through. pls tell your boyfriend im so sorry for the both of you