The Break-Up

We all know that a break up is the “suckiest thing in the whole world”. It sucks even more when you’re the one who got dumped. But let’s chill out for a second and poke fun of what a post- break up entails.

We tend to do things that just add a cherry on top of a hurtful break up:

-You listen to break up songs:
*I thought every break up song was written for me. Don’t deny, you’ve been there too. You turn on the radio and suddenly think “yes girl-friend, I feel your pain!” (I personally resorted to Alanis Morissette’s “Oughta Know” and Pink’s “Who Knew”.)

-You look at his/her pictures and replay memories you had together in your head:
*Everything in my room reminded me of him. I had pictures of him on my cork board, in a frame, presents and some things he owned. (Now they’re stored somewhere where I can’t see them).

-You check (a.k.a. stalk) their Myspace, Facebook or any other network profiles they might have:
*I haven’t gotten over this phase yet. But I have a rule I made for myself… I can only look at his profiles at certain times, under certain circumstances. Ha! Leave me alone.

-You talk about it 24/7 with your friends:
*The first 2 weeks, all I could talk about was the break up. Although my friends were very supportive, I could also hear them getting tired of me. Ha-ha. But I found out that the more I talked about it, the quicker I got over it because by then, I also got tired of hearing myself.

-You stand by your phone, hoping he or she would text message or call:
*First week, I had an obnoxious habit of checking my phone 3 million times a day.
*But by the second week, I was smart enough to turn my phone off at night to keep myself sane.

-You look for flings as a means of “distraction”:
*I went on one date with this guy. Although I had fun, there were just no fireworks going off. But hey, I got distracted.
*A friend of mine (ironically the guy I went on a date with—he got the hint we weren’t going to work out) gave my number to a guy who was new in town. We’ve been text messaging ever since… distraction, alright.

-You read “self-help” books:
*I read “It’s Called a Break-Up Because It’s Broken” by Greg Behrendts (same author of “He’s Just Not That Into You”.) A line form The Sweetest Thing came to mind: “Relationship Propaganda”!

-You resort to Sex & The City:
*If I was to be one of them, I say I’d be Carrie. We think so much alike. In one of the episodes when she and Mr. Big broke up, a line she said that came to mind was “Break-up rule #4: Never stop thinking about him even for a moment… because that’s the moment he’ll appear.” Men and their radars!
*Even though I’m so much like Carrie, I sometimes wish I had the mindset of Samantha. You know why *wink*.

-You rebel, act out or just do things you haven’t done before:
*I went out of town (but this was planned way long before the breakup). If time and money lets you, seriously, do get out of town for a getaway… it really helps!
*Retail Therapy… enough said.
*Getting a tattoo or piercing (I got my tongue pierced… yikes. Lucky bastards in the future… HAHAHA).
*Smoking (let’s just say Marlboro gained one of their customers back…)

-You over-eat or don’t eat at all:
*This never came from personal experiences but I’ve known people who gained so much weight because of a breakup.

-You can’t sleep:
*This I’ve experienced. I turned into the insomniac that I never was. Laying down, thinking and wasting my brain cells into oblivion. Then I cry myself to sleep, feeling shittier the next morning.

-You blog:
*Welcome to my random world :)