Angry Single Blogger: My 10 Favorite Anti-Valentine's Day Songs
Songs that let you wallow in your anger and sadness -- and help you get over them, eventually.
Here are my top 10 anti-love/anti-Valentine's Day songs of the moment.
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"I Got Dumped Two Days Before Thanksgiving"
10 reasons I'm thankful for being single, or anything else that comes my way, on Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving can really suck when you're single. I should know, I've flown solo to six consecutive turkey dinners. A few years ago, when I thought I was going to have my first coupled-up T-day in ages, I got dumped out-of-the-blue two days before.
How Did You Know When Your Relationship Was Over?
#IKnewItWasOverWhen is trending on Twitter. What put the nail in your relationship's coffin?
Sometimes it's pretty clear that your relationship is over. Here are our 10 favorite "it's over" signs from the Twitterverse.
Poll: Getting Dumped Costs Women $782; Do You Splurge After A Breakup?
75 percent of women say their post-breakup shopping sprees were totally worth it.
If there is ever any good reason to spend $782 on yourself all at once, a heart-shattering breakup tops the list. You were wronged! You deserve to do something nice for yourself. But really, are we so materialistic a society that doing something nice has to entail spending a ton of money?
Study: Breakup Pain Akin To Being Scalded With A Red-Hot Poker
New research shows that physical and emotional pain like heartache is the same to the human brain.
Heartache is like being burned with a red-hot poker... Yeah. You only think we're spewing metaphorical lingo. According to the Los Angeles Times, a new study has found that our brains don't differentiate between physical pain, like that of injury or disease, and pangs of the heart, like the ones we experience after getting dumped. So, basically, we physically ache for our lost loves.
Study: Men Prefer Women Who've Been Dumped
Still sad about being dumped? Don't be. A new study says men find scorned women more attractive.
Ladies, if you were recently broken up with, congratulations: you just got more attractive. New findings published by the University of Michigan say that men prefer women who were dumped by their last boyfriends, while women prefer men who initiated their last breakup. To study how past relationships affected future efforts, researchers gauged the responses of 198 heterosexual participants to fake online dating ads. Participants were asked to rate the ads based on shallow information, and then upon learning how that person's last relationship ended. Researchers also asked subjects to note whether they wanted a long-term relationship with the person, or whether they just wanted sex. For men, the woman's relationship history mattered only when he wanted a serious relationship with her. When it came to trysts, he didn't care who did the dumping as long as she were willing to move on with him.
Getting Over A Breakup...Guy Style
A dude's perspective on how to survive being dumped.
Life does not end with rejection at a bar, a note left on a pillow, or coming home from work to an empty apartment. Combining a few bits of advice from friends and my own life experiences, I think I am able to provide a dependable resource you can refer to the next time a man or woman decides you and your genitals are inadequate.
9 Ways To Rebuild Your Identity After A Breakup
Feeling lost after a bad breakup? How to find yourself after losing your man.
In relationships, we often blend our identities with our partner's, and after a breakup, we feel lost. "Across three different studies we found that when a relationship ends, people think their self has changed. They change their hair, their friends, and their goals for the future," says study author Erica B. Slotter, M.A. While a drop-dead gorgeous new 'do can make you feel better, all this change can be rattling. "Being less sure of who people are contributes to the emotional stress that happens when a breakup occurs," says Slotter. So, how can you start reclaiming your self after a split? Read on.
It's Official, We Become Addicted To Our Lovers
New study uncovers why it’s so hard to move on after a breakup.
Having trouble getting over a former flame? Well, you’re certainly not alone and according to new research, like many other things in life, you can blame it on biology.
The Right Way To Break Up? Be Honest
There's a wrong way and a right way to break up. This guy did it the right way. He was honest.
The not knowing and the waiting for the next phone call are always worse than just hearing the truth: that he started seeing someone else, that he got back together with his ex, that—pardon the cliché—he just wasn't that into you. Do I expect a guy who isn't interested after one drinks-date to tell me that he doesn't see a future together? Of course not—he'd sound so presumptuous. And trust me, I've pulled the disappearing act many a time. But past the get-to-know-you point, don't we deserve to know where things went awry? I say yes. But because it's easier not to address these topics, I've never gotten a straight explanation—at least without prompting—until now. Truthfully, I hadn't been 100 percent sold on this guy, but I was having fun for the time being and, frankly, there was no reason not to keep seeing him. We liked the same bar band and, as it turns out, had been at the same concert years ago. He suggested one of my favorite restaurants for our second date but was cool with just watching "The Office" on our fourth. (That he felt it appropriate to make out with me in the middle of "The Office" was slightly less promising.) And when he woke up at my apartment and suggested that, rather than going downstairs, we just order bagels and coffee and catch up on TV, it felt like he had read my mind: That is exactly how I want to spend a slightly hung-over Saturday morning. Basically, we seemed to have a fair amount in common, and he seemed like a good guy. (Plus, he was tall.) I was trying not to dismiss the relationship too quickly, as I'm prone to do, and, instead, listening to my mom's advice, was hoping sparks would develop. That's when I found he had come to the same conclusion I had—and decided not to drag it out.
4 Ways To Get Your Dating Groove Back
Difficult breakup? Dating rut? You will love again. Here are some fresh dating tips.
Feeling a little rusty on the dating scene? Psychologist Judith Sills, PhD, recommends three attitude adjustments and a new skill.