Getting dumped sucks… there's no doubt about it. There aren't many things more heart-wrenching than finding out that the person you love thinks he will be better off without you. But this news can really make your guts fall on the floor when it comes completely out of left field.

If an "out-of-the-blue breakup" has happened to you in the past, I don't have to remind you of how much it hurts. But the good news is that I can show you how to make sure it never happens again. You see, the tell-tale signs of an inevitable breakup will … Read More

An eastern state in Malaysia called Terengganu is fighting back at the divorce rate—one honeymoon at a time, says Reuters. The state's department of Welfare Community Development and Women Affairs is now offering couples who are in the midst of marital crisis a free three-day vacation valued at $440 (plus a little counseling).

While the Terengganu did not release its divorce rate, it did conduct a 25-couple pilot program. Judging from the announcement of the state-wide program, officials must have deemed it a success. Perhaps those husbands and wives reclaimed the love that was once lost? Or maybe they just … Read More

He's the perfect height. He has perfect hands. You love his sister. You love his scent. How can you be with someone who doesn't know how to play the tuba? Or speak French? He is perfect and everything about him is perfect by association. The problem is he doesn't want to be with you. And now you're never going to find love again. Right? Wrong. Here is what you need to remember:

1. You're supposed to be miserable.
Unhealthy: being so depressed that you don't want to get out of bed without being unable to think of a reason for being … Read More

While neither party has spilled anything definitive to the press yet, the evidence seems to be mounting against the relationship that once was Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake. Tabloids are erring on the side of splitsville and the sources coming out of the woodwork include JT's grandmother, Sadie Bomar. 

According to New York Daily News [via Celebitchy], Bubbie was none too keen about her grandson's main squeeze for the past three years. According to Bomar, Justin never had plans to marry Jessica. He was too focused on his career. "Jessica was keen to marry, but … Read More

So, it's been a year since I got dumped. Frankly, I would not blame any of you for being at the point of thinking—if not saying—"Why the f**k hasn't this bitch gotten over this yet?" I wonder the same thing myself. The Frisky: The Top 10 Things You Learn When You're Heartbroken

There's that saying that it takes half the length of the relationship to "get over it." If that were the case, I would have another year and four months to go, God help me! But actually, I'm over the heartbreak. There's not one ounce of me … Read More

Most of the time we're so consumed by how to snare, keep, or please a man that we never learn one of the most important aspects of dating—how to break up with him!
Ever heard the phrase 'write what you know?' Well, I don't know how to make relationships work. I don't know how to maintain love after all these years or how to take a bad relationship and turn it into a good one. What I do know is how to break up with a guy. I know enough about breaking up with guys to write The Book on it. … Read More

You and your sweetie just don't seem to connect as much, or as often as you used to. You fight more (or bicker about insignificant topics), you find yourself spending more time by yourself. How do you know if it is just a bad patch or if the relationship is over?

As someone who is always waiting for the proverbial break-up truck to run me over, I can say with absolute certainty that the only way you know that a relationship is over is when you feel it. You are depressed more than you are happy. You find yourself … Read More

Breakups are gifts that keep on giving, especially so in the Simpson/Romo saga. No, it was not enough for him to break up with her on the eve of her 29th birthday. No, it was not enough for him to hang a sign outside his gated community publicly announcing that any access was to be denied. Now we learn courtesy of Us Magazine that the NFL hottie had been having an emotional affair with a skinnier, younger version of the pop star. Her name? Natalie Smith, daughter of the associate athletic director at Romo's alma mater, Eastern Illinois University. … Read More

Dear Gentlemen,

When you know you don't want to see me anymore, I need you to do me a favor: be an adult and dump me. Don't text me pretending that you want to reschedule when you flake out on our plans, don't promise you'll call me later if you're not gonna, don't ask for my number if you have no intention of ever calling me, etc. If I wanted to date someone who mastered the disappearing act, I'd have schtooped a magician. But I didn't, I dated/boyfriended/made out with/dry humped on the dance floor/flirted with you. Now, I need … Read More

After the divorce papers are signed and the dividing up of items is complete, the break up is over. But the starting up of an entirely new life is just beginning. And not one thing is typically the same. Vicki Iovine, author of the Girlfriends' Guides book series writes with searing reality in the Huffington Post what life is like now that her marriage of 24 years is officially kaput.

She and her children have settled into a new place and Iovine admits that while she willingly wanted the divorce, the landing was anything but smooth. For Iovine, … Read More