My friend casually raised the theory that goes, “It’s summer and it’s beginning to be hot. I think the heat is one of the factors that create this hostile environment between people. It explains why it seems to be a season of break ups or brawls in and outside cliques.”
Pretty reaching, eh?
I was left baffled by the statement and I had to pause and digest what he said. I had to ask myself, “can the heat cause break ups?”
I have no scientific proof to support this somewhat weird theory. My mind can’t reconcile the facts and ideas. I simply find …read more

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By now we’ve all heard that Britney Spears dumped Kevin Federline by text.  Although they were married and she notified him of the intentions she had of divorce, I think text messages and emails are a growing trend in how people communicate when breaking up with their significant others.

I was kinda’ reminded of exes last night when I was out with a friend. Come to think of it — it seemed like it was a night of “the ex” last night. It’s quite hilarious, really. Heehee.
One of the things I can recall from last night’s conversation was when I told him about my own experience of a close encounter with an ex and how I’m noticing that it seemed like I don’t bump into the guys [and sometimes hear from them] I used to date after the “break up”, which is both baffling and good, in …read more

Part of me knows that if and when you dig deep enough, you can find absolutely Anything online.  The other part of me wants to remain in denial that we are a society that is growing more lazy and more distant in our personalizing anything – including breaking up.
Yes, there is a website that does the dirty work for you!  I’m sure this is exactly how Paris Hilton does it!
It’s as simple as recording a personalized message and provide instructions on the way to send it allowing you to bury your head in the sand and avoid any face-to-face conversation or phone call that …read more

Whether it’s you or your partner who decides to end your relationship, it’s not easy to break up. Nobody enjoys breaking up, but sometimes it has to be done. Here are 10 tips on how to break up graciously.1. Don’t drag it out. When it is over, it’s over. You’re not doing your partner or yourself any favors by delaying the inevitable. Sooner is better than later.
2. Be honest. The oldest line is “it’s me not you.” Although this might be easier, the only way you can truly help your partner is by being completely honest.
3. Don’t overlap. The worst …read more

The Early Show just wraped up a weeklong series, Kiss And Break Up, on divorce.
In the latest installment focus was placed on helping people move on both personally and professionally.  After the pain, anger and heartbreak eases up, it’s time to move on and here’s a bit of how one specialist suggests doing just that:
Author Sheila Ellison says divorce does not have to be the end, but rather a wonderful opportunity for a new beginning. The process of divorce helps one to learn to stand up for himself or herself. Most people, give way too much, and they don’t demand, says Ellison.
When people have …read more

There are several ways on how you can get over the feeling. I don’t know them all since there’s always a different way for each person so the ones I’m listing won’t apply to all. I only included the ones I’ve, somehow, tried and proven effective. Hahaha.

Wait it out.
Let yourself feel it but without doing anything about it. This requires a certain amount of restraint and control. You have to be lucid. You begin to rationalise the emotion and situation and try to be objective. Treat it as if it’s just one of your work projects that encountered a …read more

A study in the UK based medical journal, The Lancet has shown that stress and other psychological factors were found to add more to the risk of heart disease than even diabetes. Moreover, researchers from The Harvard Medical School have found that bad or shocking news really can break your heart. They found that after a trauma like this, people can suffer surges in adrenaline and other stress hormones which ’stun’ the heart. So, can one die from a broken heart?
“If we can love with our hearts, we can die from a broken heart as well,” avers cardiologist Dr Shyamsunder …read more

Oxygen will be introducing a brand new series soon where you’ll have a chance to see the ultimate matchbreaker at work in Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty premiering on Tuesday, August 22nd at 10pm/9C. 
The Shannen Team emailed us the following statement:
Shannen Doherty comes to the rescue of men and women in toxic situations who need to break free — whether it’s a relationship gone awry, an awful job, or a bad friendship.  In each episode,Shannen listens to the plight of her new “client” and then puts the relationship and the “break-ee” to the test by creating a fictitious situation caught on hidden camera.  …read more