Read this book!!

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Registered: 10-16-2005
Read this book!!
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Sat, 10-22-2005 - 6:49pm

If you haven't read "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken" (by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt), you must! My boyfriend of 15 mos. dumped me last weekend, and I have had the hardest week of my life. While no book will ever be the silver bullet that takes away all my pain, this one has reminded me that a great relationship doesn't hurt like this, that we deserve great relationships and that we will find a wonderful lasting relationship someday. As hard as they are to deal with now, the breakups that we're going through make us available to something better. Hang in there, read this book and be good to yourself. You deserve that!

-hurtingbutstrong

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Registered: 05-28-2005
Sat, 10-22-2005 - 7:10pm
I sooo agree with you. This book made me realize that I had to leave the relationship. Although it's been very hard for me, I am proud of myself for being so strong. I still very much love the man I was with, but his ability to just walk away after I took action shows me how right I was to do what I did.
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Registered: 10-09-2005
Sat, 10-22-2005 - 9:21pm

Your positive attitude is so refreshing. It has been over two months since my breakup and I wish I felt that positive. I have my days but they are few and far between, mostly I feel like crap. I know the book you speak of and I almost bought it the other day. I was at Borders and they have a ton of advise books for recent breakups but I decided to get a book that had a story that I could get lost in. I have read a lot of advise columns on line and really they all boil down to the same thing. Time heals all wounds.

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