It's Called A Breakup...

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Registered: 03-05-2007
It's Called A Breakup...
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Tue, 03-06-2007 - 2:22pm

Great book by Greg Behrendt & his wife: It's Called a Breakup Because it's Broken.

Have any of you read this book? What were your thoughts???

I read it when a friend suggested it to me shortly after my ex and I broke up (the first time)...I fell in love with it. It is such a good read, and very funny. It takes the 'hurt' out of a breakup - whether you are the dumper or the dumpee. After I borrowed it from the library, I went out and bought it. One of the best suggestions is a "60 Day Hetox" - where you have 60 days (yes, 2 whole months) of NO contact. No calling, no emailing, no showing up unexpectedly, no driving by, NOTHING. I made it 45 days.

Of course, now I am re-reading it as my ex and I have been playing this awful game of 'are we going to work this out or not'...I broke it off last Thursday and now I'm starting to wonder if I did the right thing. I'm hoping that by re-reading the book, I'll pull my head out of my arse and realize that IT IS CALLED A BREAKUP BECAUSE IT IS BROKEN!!!

There is also a website for it: www.itscalledabreakup.com

Check it out...

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Registered: 02-25-2007
Tue, 03-06-2007 - 4:24pm
Read it and LOVED it!

~Kelly~

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Registered: 02-11-2007
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 1:05pm
this is a MUST READ for anyone going thru a break up. It really helped me, in fact I'm re-reading it. Excellent advice as well as lots of humor.
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Registered: 03-07-2007
Thu, 03-08-2007 - 3:49am
My boyfriend and I ended our relationship pretty peacefully (my suggestion) but this was the third time. I read the book "Mars and Venus" on a date and it is fabulous reading for basically how to break up and be OK with it. Fabulous, fabulous reading! We would have been together 3 years on St. Patrick's Day this is our third "transition" (I prefer to call it that to avoid the drama involved in the "break up") It's working so far...along with the fact that I don't go to visit him for sex which is different this time. I have plenty of things that buzz in my underwear drawer! Peace & Prosperity to all!