Re: Tips from Kat
My romantic life is pretty complicated. Not "Edna St. Vincent Millay" complicated, but more complicated than most. I very deeply empathize with other people's romantic losses (no matter how long ago they were), so I was thinking about the best ways to get over someone, at least in the short-term. Here are a few tips that work for me on getting over breakups and lost loves:
- How classy your breakup was is directly proportional to how badly you should feel about losing someone. I have had, on several occasions, men who claimed we were "soul mates" break up with me by sending off a four sentence email. (No phone call, no handwritten letter, nothing. That falls squarely in the "not classy" category.)
- Keep a notebook around to write down every lousy, thoughtless, idiotic thing they've ever done any time it occurs to you. Then, when you start missing that person, go back and read the list, taking time to remember every single thing as you read it. Your feelings of loss will evaporate quickly.
- If the above leaves you feeling bitter about the whole regrettable incident, remember that living well is the best revenge: go do something excruciatingly good for yourself. Run laps, eat a grilled tuna salad with a glass of chardonnay, and sign up for guitar lessons.
Repeat steps two and three as necessary until you're fighting trim and over it (which, incidentally, will position you perfectly to meet someone else).
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