Stop Getting Dumped
December 11, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
Lisa Daily’s is a syndicated columnist that appears on 75 -150 websites each month and in college newspapers nationwide.
Lisa takes her dating expertise and pours it into a book that should be on the nightstand of every single woman.
Dumped by Text – the good, the bad, the ugly
December 7, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
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.
Internet Service that Breaks Up for You
October 17, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
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
10 Ways to Break Up Graciously
September 11, 2006 by gayla
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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
Broken Heart Syndrome
August 21, 2006 by gayla
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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
National Break-up Day
July 3, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
Did you know that extensive research has been done to determine attitudes to relationships and ‘the day they are most likely to end’. It’s been discovered that the 12th day of January was the most likely day for couples to split, and has been named National Break-up Day.
Further results, showing how attitudes differed according to gender and region, were issued to the media. This included the fact that women tend to have a New Year rethink about their other half, with many subsequently ditching partners. Meanwhile, it was revealed that a third of men blame Christmas rows with the in-laws on January …read more
Point Break
May 4, 2006 by gayla
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Is there truly a way to recognize the breaking point of a relationship?
For so many people, it’s believed that a relationship is over when it becomes challenging. For me, that’s part of any good relationship, after all, anything worth having is worth struggling a bit for. It often helps us to appreciate what we have all the more.
But if one adapts that mindset, how can one truly know when it’s time to end the relationship and move on without entering into that hatred zone that many of us find ourselves in.
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to recognize the …read more
Breaking up is complicated in a digital age
March 29, 2006 by gayla
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Splitting up with a boyfriend or girlfriend wasn’t always this complicated. But the digital age has bound people together in ever more complex ways, making it tough for lovers old and new to completely disconnect. Among the rituals: bowing out of email lists, updating online profiles, and clearing cell phone memories of phone numbers and old text messages.
Az Central has a great article that sheds a little light on many of the aspects of breaking up in this digital age that many of us may not think of.
In the example of one woman, she and her former boyfriend split up. …read more
Better to have loved and lost…
February 1, 2006 by gayla
Filed under Relationships
than to have never loved at all?
Is there anyone who really believes that garbage? Or are you like me and believe it’s one of those old clichés that people say just to get a person to shutup when they’ve had their heart stepped on like a June bug in July and are stuck in whine mode.
Perhaps I’m a bit too cynical when it comes to love, but I honestly don’t know of one ex that was truly worth the pain of heartbreak for me to say I was better off because of it. Nope, not one!
Oh sure, I …read more




