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Breaking Up

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It's Mine! It's All Mine! A Guide to Splitting Up the Postbreakup Booty
It's Not Me, It's You: The Ultimate Breakup Book
by Anna Jane Grossman, Flint Wainess
Splitting up things that have exchanged hands during a relationship is a tricky business. (That's why lawyers are so good at it.) But why hire a sharky attorney when you can peruse our guide to getting what's rightfully yours?

The Perfect Breakup Medium for You
It's Not Me, It's You: The Ultimate Breakup Book
by Anna Jane Grossman, Flint Wainess
Dumper? Dumpee? Prospective dumper? Likely dumpee? Sick and tired of married people getting all the attention and the gifts while the brokenhearted are left with nothing but that hideous bridesmaid dress or, worse, that hideous bridesmaid?

Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3
121 Days of Urban Sodom
by Jacqueline Phillips
I made you a promise and I've never broken my promises to you. I promised you a book. You no longer wanted me, but still you wanted certain sections of my mind. Maybe you can peel me and remove the segments you want and discard the rest.

Dumped!
Hot Relationships: How to Know What You Want, Get What You Want, and Keep it Red Hot!
by Tracey Cox
How to get over a break-up and what to do if you're still hung up on an ex. I remember it vividly, even though it happened about 13 years ago. I was working through my lunch hour in the office at Cosmopolitan magazine, when an Italian male model wandered

Chapter One, Part 1
Dumping Billy
by Olivia Goldsmith
Katherine Sean Jameson sat behind her desk and looked at her client. Being a therapist was never easy, but with a client who needed this much help and had this much resistance, it was really tough. And heartbreaking.

What Went Wrong? When Relationships Go From Hot To Cold
by Toni Coleman, LCSW
Everything was great. We had been dating for 6 months. We shared the same interests, felt very at ease together, had (often) discussed future plans and had even spent some of the holidays together. Our relationship seemed right on track and just right in

Can We Be Friends? Shifting From Partnership to Friendship
by EqualityinMarriage.org
It's the dreaded four-word phrase. Can we be friends? It's a classic break-up line, but it's also an issue that must be faced when a relationship hits the rocks. In reality, the questions ought to be should we be friends? And, if so, how will we

Breaking the Compulsive Cycle
Don't Call That Man!
by Rhonda Findling
Letting go of someone you love is the most painful feelings human beings can experience. Letting go means suffering and heartache. It means losing love, and love is the highest form of happiness known to mankind. Letting go of love is the inspiration

Why Not Call That Man?
Don't Call That Man!
by Rhonda Findling
There is life after a failed relationship, as long as you Don't Call That Man!. In this inspirational, revolutionary guide to letting go and moving on after the trauma of a breakup, psychotherapist Rhonda Findling teaches women how to triumph over the

Learning From A Relationship Breakdown
by Robert Elias Najemy
A divorce, separation or, in general, any loss of an important relationship is a painful experience. . Such pain can seriously diminish our peace and happiness. We can, however, use this inner discomfort for our spiritual benefit.

Breaking Up 101: Winning Ways To Leave Your Lover
by Lisa Daily
She squeaks when she blows her nose. He eats like a rabid pig. It's just not working out. We've all spent some time stuck in a relationship we didn't want to be in because we didn't have the heart (or some other equipment) to end it.

13 Warning Signs You
by Lisa Daily
Want to know if your relationship is about to hit the skids? Looking for tell-tale signs that your love will last through next week? Well, look no further. Below you'll find the Unlucky 13 -13 warning signs you're about to get dumped.

The DUMPED! Survival Guide
by Lisa Daily
Maybe you knew it was coming. Maybe you didn't. You've been dumped. So, other than moping around in your pajamas, spending quality time with Ben & Jerry, what can you do? Well, clear away that mountain of soggy tissues, and I'll tell you how to get

Break-ups; How To Survive Them
by Kali Munro, M.Ed., Psychotherapist
The loss of a relationship can be incredibly hard - you can feel so much pain. There's not only the grief from losing someone important in your life, but the pain of seeing your hopes and dreams of a future life together disappear as well.

We All Have The Potential To Creat a Loving, Fulfilling Relationship
by Paul Mauchline
We will always have relationships that will fail, and couples that will divorce one another. I guess what I would like to see is fewer relationship failures and fewer divorces. One failure out of ten marriages, in my mind, is a far more acceptable ratio

Why are at least half of us selecting the wrong partners?
by Paul Mauchline
I am not an anti-divorce advocate. Divorce is necessary in cases of physical or mental abuse or in the case of two people who are so incompatible that they never should have been together. If your partner is mentally or physically abusive to you, children

How can I help her see that she deserves so much
by Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D
Dear Dr. Ellen: I am 24 years old and live two hours away from my mom, although we've always been very close. My mother (52) has recently entered into a relationship with a man. She and my dad have been divorced for about 10 years (after 23 years of

If We Were Meant to Be Why Are We Getting Divorced?
by Paul Mauchline
Before we commit, we seem to focus, with such scrutiny, on the question, Are you the one for me? So why is it that one out of two marriages ends in divorce? We would all have to agree that committing ourselves to a relationship, and eventually to marriage

Breaking Up is Hard on More Than Two
by Paul Mauchline
Whether you have lived together for two years, or been married for fifteen, your breakup affects friends, family, and, most importantly, children if you have them. There has been so much focus in the media on the question, Are you the one for me?

10 Things You Need To Ask Yourself If You Are Considering Whether To Stay In or Leave a Relationship
by Susie and Otto Collins
Whether you've been in your relationship for 2 months, 2 years or 20 years, we don't have to tell you that making the decision to stay in or leave a relationship is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make.

Breaking Up
Breaking Up For Men
Breaking Up For Women
Divorce
Getting Back Together
Healing After Break Up or Divorce
Relationship Conflicts
Advice & Discussions
3yrs together, engaged, big doubts and cold feet!
My bf and I have been together for 3 yrs, enaged as of march 2007. Very loving, my family is close with his, we all love each other blah blah blah. I would like REAL advice. I WANT to make this work. I would not like to hear "you should just break up".
How do I make Hubby feel young???
I guess it's my turn to ask for advice..... DH is 38, and he's had a rough couple of years with a myriad of health problems. Nothing major, I attribute a lot of it to the fact that when he was young, he had a very physical job which led to a lot of chronic injuries.
The difference of marriage
When people get married what usually "changes" and is "different" in the relationship opposed to how things are when you are together for a while? I always hear that once you have the tittle of marriage things are different... so I am wondering what exactly is different?
PASSION: Keeping it alive for a lifetime
I almost put this in the "Sex and Romance" forum, and wish I could have it cross-linked there. But I suppose passion could relate to any aspect of the relationship that perpetuates a feeling of mutual desire, sex being only a part of that. I was speaking to a friend on this topic, and wanted to get everyone's opinions on this.

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