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Destroying your cell phone every time you want to call your ex could get pricey.

5 Emergency Techniques To Use When You Want To Call Your Ex

Thinking of calling your ex? Not so fast!

It's been days or weeks or even months since you and your ex called it quits. And you're fine. You're convinced everything happens for a reason, and you’'l be better off with someone else someday. You rarely even think of him. Until you do.

Study Says Divorce Hurts Younger Couples More
The surprising facts about who is most affected by divorce.

Study Says Divorce Hurts Younger Couples More

Why do younger couples have more health issues after they divorce?

You'd probably think that a couple who divorces after being married for 20-30 years has a harder time getting past a divorce. But a recent study found that divorce is actually harder on younger people, who have been married for less time.

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Getting fit can help you break up with your ex for good.

The Post-Breakup Workout: 10 Exercises To Get Over An Ex [PHOTOS]

A recent reader survey showed exercise as one of the top three ways to get over an ex.

Eighty-five percent of readers in a recent YourTango survey said they struggle with breakups and could use a "breakover"—aka an internal and external makeover aimed at helping them move on. One of the best methods to a successful "breakover" is through exercise—in fact, survey respondents listed exercise as one of the top three methods for getting over a breakup.

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Advice for mending a broken heart.

5 Healthy Ways To Break Up With Your Ex

How to let go of the past and learn to love again.

What happens when you're already broken up, but just can't break up with the past? It's bad enough to end things with a person, but to have to say adieu to memories and the invisible, yet somehow tangible, threads that connect you to a former relationship can be even harder. Here are a few (healthy) ways to break up with your ex.

"I've Been In A Relationship With A Narcissist For Four Years"
"I need to get out of this abusive relationship."

"I've Been In A Relationship With A Narcissist For Four Years"

My boyfriend abuses, manipulates and cheats on me. How can I get over this experience?

I have been in a relationship with a narcissist for over four years. I didn't realize he was a narcissist until I began to feel as if I was losing my mind about two years ago and sought out therapy. The relationship, or lack thereof, began good, then got very bad and the cycle continued to get progressively worse and littered with emotional abuse.

apps that help you get over an ex
Who says the internet can't help mend a broken heart?

10 Apps That'll Help You Forget Your Ex

Mobile apps and websites that help you break up with your ex.

Reeling from a breakup? There's an app—or a website, or an online service—for that.

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Break up with your ex for good.

5 Steps To Breaking Up With Your Ex

Unfriend your ex...and give yourself a break-over!

Unfriend your ex...and give yourself a break-over! Feb. 13 is the Second Annual Break Up With Your Ex Day, and we've launched BreakUpWithYourEx.com as a resource center to help people move on and forget about their ex — for good — before Valentine's Day.

Take A Break From Your Relationship couple conflict
Should you take a break?

8 Signs You Should Take A Break From Your Relationship

Taking a break from your relationship is frustrating and sad, but can be necessary for some couples.

Taking a break is one of the most challenging, frustrating, and saddening parts of a relationship. No one wants to feel as though their relationship has failed or that they themselves have somehow failed. But sometimes, a break is necessary. Not only is it necessary, sometimes, it's a good thing.

#DumpUrEx: Join Our Break Up With Your Ex Kick-Off Twitter Party!
It's a Twitter party, and you're invited!

#DumpUrEx: Join Our Break Up With Your Ex Kick-Off Twitter Party!

Join YourTango & MadameNoire for 3 hours of fun and advice on how to dump that pesky ex of yours!

February 1st marks the start of YourTango's second annual 'Break Up With Your Ex' campaign! For the first two weeks of February, we'll be sharing great articles, expert advice, survey results and more about how to successfully cut ties from your past love and move on to a better, healthier, sexier you! To kick things off, we'll be hosting a fun party on Twitter, and you're invited!

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According to a recent study, January is the most depressing month of the year.

Has January Put A Strain On Your Relationship?

Don't let January be the reason you break up or get divorced.

According to a recent study, January is the most depressing month of the year. In fact, a study of 1,000 couples in Britain found that in January, couples fight for more than eight minutes a day and have 20 arguments during the month, compared to about 15 fights in the other months.

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If the death of a loved one can kill you, what about a bad breakup or divorce?

Heartbreak Can Literally Kill You, Says New Study

Researchers discover "broken heart syndrome," which is caused by the death of a loved one.

Most often, we think of heartbreak as a certain sense of sadness and longing when a relationship ends that can only be stifled with pints of Ben & Jerry's and the constant reassurance from close friends that, "You're better off, honey." But new research has shown that heartbreak is a real occurrence, especially after the loss of a loved one. And it can literally kill you.