Now, as I write this, I have a high fever and a terrible case of strep, but I can honestly say that the breakup I experienced last week is the farthest thing from my mind. I may not have healed physically over the last week, but I most definitely healed emotionally. In an attempt to [...]

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Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. ~ William Congreve
After going through all the stages of grief, wallowing in self-pity, heartbreak, pain and disillusionment, naturally the first thing that pops to your head is revenge. The guy that you had all your hopes and dreams [...]

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I know a lot of women that are of the school of thought that men don’t take it as hard when there’s been a break up, which harks back to the notion that women are far more emotional than men. Now in general we can assume this, but it has come to my attention that [...]

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My kids just finished reading “Echo and Narcissus: Why Can’t You Love Me?” for our Mythology unit. In a nutshell, both characters fall in love with someone who doesn’t love them in return and die as a result. I asked them, as a journal, who they thought got hurt worst in a breakup, the boy [...]

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Are you aware that not only does the suicide rate skyrocket around this time of year, but that it also has the highest concentration of breakups (with Christmas time close behind)? Whether it’s the high stress of such anticipated holidays or simply people weaselling their way out of gift giving, I always end up with [...]

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It’s happened to most of us at some point and sometimes we suspected that we were heading for the relationship scrapheap and other times it was like a bolt out of the blue and a complete surprise. Either way, it’s very likely that you felt like shit afterwards. Breaking up is painful, after all, it [...]

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Breaking up is hard to do and you feel pretty crap afterwards, but maybe we don’t have to feel so crap anymore as there are Heartbreak Hotels popping up. Yes, there are a number of hotels that are catering to people that are recovering from heartbreak by offering ‘heartbreak packages’. According to Happen Magazine “They’re [...]

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