Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
Charlie Brown
There is a good way to breakup with someone and it doesn’t include a post-it.
Carrie, Sex and the City
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
Katherine Hepburn
You know what is the worst thing about being rejected? The lack of control. If I could only control the where and how of being dumped, it wouldn’t seem as bad.
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
How could I be sleeping with this peculiar man … Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
Margaret Atwood.
Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he’s a ruler.
Mae West
The problem with some women is that they get all excited about nothing – and then they marry him.
Cher
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Classic sad breaking up love quotes
its ok when he breaks my heart but when i do it its wrong
Brenda – are you OK? If you need to breakup then there is nothing wrong with that – it’s just sad.
So I don’t exactly like the guy I’m dating I’d rather just take a break and be single but everytime I try to explain that to him he either cries or makes me feel extremely bad… I’m scared he will never forgive me or tell all of his friends I’m a jerk and not to date me!
What do I do?!
Hey Maddie, Are you OK? Sounds like you are stuck. It is a hard thing to breakup – and he may well not want to be friends with you after. The thing to focus on is what you can control. You can control how you breakup with him (and I recommend respecting him by being clear and consistent – using assertive language). You can control your behaviour after – you don’t go back and forward, dragging it out, you keep your head up high as you act like the person you’d like to be. You can’t control what he does unfortunately, and it is better to not dwell on it too much as there isn’t much you can do about it.
I have a chapter in my book about breaking up with someone, using assertive language, and how to deal with your ex if they make it difficult for you. You might want to take a look.
Take care!
Maddie…theres bigger things in life to worry about than breaking up with some guy who’s a whimp. Your happiness is above all others. Be free, be single – he’ll deal with it. Does he have all his limbs? Does he have cancer? Is he living in a 3rd world country?? I think he got nothing to complain.
As a nike ambassador….JUST DO IT!!
So my boyfriend told me he loves me, every once in awhile, he tells me i’m incapable of keeping him faithful. He left me, and gave me no reason. Then he gets back with me, and stops talking to me. He’s the biggest jerk to me, and i am absoloutley in love with him. I just dont what to do, i want to get over him, and i know i’m capapble of it, and i know i’m a great girl, I just need help. I just need somone to really tell me what i need. I need a kick in the ass.
i loved her truely….bt after 2 ofour she asked me ‘can we be only friends’……..
i don’t have any answer for that, and she has put me into deep water……
still i love her like heel……
i loved her truely….bt after 2 years of our relation she asked me ‘can we be only friends’……..
i don’t have any answer for that, and she has put me into deep water……
still i love her like heel……
so me and this boy started talking..and he told me he loved me..and we have been talking for 3 weeks..and we have liked eachother for awhile its just my brother wouldnt let us date and my brother finally said it was okay so we were at my volleyball game and he asked me out ..yesterday..and i said yes. and when we date it seems like we are more distant..but when we are just friends we like love eachother like boyfriend and girlfriend. it makes no sense..but he texts me last nite and says he doesnt know if we should be together until he talks to my brother..well my brother already said it was okay..and he goes lets break up tonite and we can date again tomorow..am i just stupid..or does this not make any sense?! im sooo upset and confused!
i have been in a break up and its hard its painful but the hell i care tomorrows a new day it would be a waste if you spend it with a moron
I was an experiment. I can’t believe I’m actually posting online like this. I fell for everything he said, every gaze, the way he held me..the talks about our future and kids and everything. My actions were idiotic it’s quite embarressing to even state it online like this. I feel like Brenda– it’s okay to get heartbroken but it’s wrong when I do it.
A part of me died yesterday morning and I’ve been sobbing ever since. I just don’t know if I ever want to get in another relationship anymore. Honestly nobody deserves me if this is the pain I have to go thru over and over again..
Linda, thanks for posting. Make sure you take a look at our breakup blog site as well – there are real-life stories, advice and support. We’re on Facebook as well.
Big hugs to you – the first days after a breakup can be hard to handle.
Abby – can’t disagree with you!
My girlfriend just left me after only two months saying she couldn’t be in a relationship right now but wouldn’t tell me why and she has been acting pretty sneaky for the past week or so plus I was hesitant to get involved at first cause she just recently broke up with someone but she talked me into it then broke up with me a week later saying she wasn’t ready (which I was hurt cause she’s the one who talked me into it but I was still understanding) then we got back together a week after that with her promising me she’s ready cause i was hesitant again now she left again so this makes twice in two months. Oh and we’ve been friends for well over two years and she was trying to have sex with me the whole time she was with her ex (which I guess is a clue to what type of person she is). I truly love this girl and treated her with more respect than she probably deserved but there’s something about her I love. What should I do? The thing that gets me is how sneaky she has been acting lately and showed no emotion what so ever when she broke up with me which is strange cause she’s a very emotional person. Please help!!!
Sarah- I’m a happily married woman who found your site looking for something to make a recently broken up friend smile. Just wanted to tell you I think what you’re doing is amazing, women supporting women through rough times is one of the best things in life. Thanks!
i m just 13 i have a bf ….i m very sad i always think and care abt him but he didny do anythng .. i have not breakup wid him but here is a situation of a breakup
Thanks Kelly. Haven’t had much time to work on it lately but about to get back into it. Hope your friend is doing OK.
John, I think you have to go with your instinct. If she is acting sneaky, odds are she is hiding something. Hope you are doing OK – and hope you can get on with your life without her. Take care.
i hav been in this relationship for almost 2 years… and me n my guy always had issues since he is very conservative and i am a bit out going(that doesnt mean i am wild – i just lik to hang out at nights with me best frend who is a gal and my sister at starbux – once/twice in a month) and he hates this, he made me promise him that i wont be out late-nights.i tried to keep up all the promises but everytime me n my pals wana tok its late at night nd we just go… i explained this to my bf nd he was cool for a week – but later he just called off… he says he loves me, and he hates himself for doing so, but he has no choice, because he is just forcing me to change my way of living for him and he is guilty abt it so he cnt take it anymore…. i dont even knw wots gng in his mind… i tried talking to him, but he is acting all retarted……… so i gave up… did i do right?
some great advice here thanks for sharing.
i just broke up with my boy friend of 5 months. it was a chance i took coz he was 3 years younger than me. initially i did not want it but as time went by i felt like we belonged together and the 5 months we spent was incredible with a few minor arguments. suddenly he tells me he’s freaked out and scared of the future! and says he cant “do it” any more.. I’ve been in 3 serious relationships and all 3 times the guys have dumped me almost said the same thing. Is something wrong with ME???? :/
im dating this guy, we have been dating for almost 4 months now. we have been talking since like this time last year off and on, because he would hook up with other girls while we were talking. its been great and i love him and being with him. we have been bestfriends since we were little and i cant see myself with any one else. i lost my virginity to him, most of my time is spent with him. but he gets mad at me for going to parties but when he goes and ditches me its okay and im not aloud to get mad at him or if im with other guys he gets pissed off but im not the one that hooked up with so many girls and im not the one that was hurt. all he wants me to do is trust him but i have no reason too. why should i trust someone who i couldnt trust 8 months ago and who has hurt me numerous times. he tells me hes in love with me and i believe him. i just dont know what to do.. im not happy but i dont want to be over with him i love him with all my heart.
I have been on and off with this guy for a year and he always tells me that he still likes me and always will but i had him over yesterday and he told me that he likes my best friend and only wants to be friends but she will never like him so i know he will come back. He always does he has done this to me so many times. but i dont want to be his back up girl and i want to get over him even though it will be so hard to do.
Im in a three year relationship and i feel that we were only frineds from the beginning. I get ignored and treated like a friend. i love him very much which is the worst part of my situation. How could i just allow myself the strength to move on without feeling that it was a mistake. i know the pain will be thier and will eventually disaper,but damn it sucks.
I’ve been talking to this guy since my freshman year in highschool, we are now in our junior year. It’s been on and off, and he’s had girlfriends and I’ve only talked to 2 guys but it never went anywhere. I always thought I was falling in love with him, but I would stop myself. We have had more downs than ups. I just want to be able to move on and forget this all ever happened but I know it’s going to take forever. He’s always testing me even tho he denies it. All of this just sucks! And I hate having to feel down all the time. I was happy yes, but now I just don’t want to deal with this stuff anymore. I’m ready to move on with my life and learn to be by myself and always feel like I need someone to be with me. I AM READY.
my boyfriend and I are dating for about 10 months now,but I think he sees me more as a kind of sexbuddy-he cancels our dates at the last moment,he also says ‘oh can we meet over 2 hours?’ when I’m already on my way to meet him,he always is too late on dates, he wants nobody to know we are together and such. I know it can’t go on like this anymore, but I know when I break up with him I’ll want him back-we did broke up and I cried for 2 months. I just don’t know what to do..
i loved him truely….bt after3 ofour he asked me ‘can we be only friends’……..
i don’t have any answer for that, and he has put me into deep water……
still i love him like heel……
okay, so i saw a post similar… but it hit really close to home..
i thought i would share too…
over christmas break, my brothers bestfriend started commenting on all of my facebook status’s.. i always kinda had a crush on him, so i flirted back… then we ended up exchanging numbers, and texted pretty much 24/7…. he asked me personal questions that made him uncomfortable, but i told him he needed to back off alittle bit… he did, and eventuaally my brother found out. He told me that he was weirded out by it, so we stopped texting for about a month or so… it wasnt very hard on me, yeah i missed him, but it wasnt like i was depressed or anything.. but for lent, i gave facebook up, and we were talking alittle bit on there, so we started texting again…. i thought i was over him, i told him and my brother that i was, and i realized, that i was nowhere near over him… i cried all the time. nad lately have been alittle depressed.. he figured it out, and told me that i should just be happy… its really hard.. i think about him 24/7..
whaat should i do??
Me & this guy have always had a thing for many years.. but he turned into a whore when he turned 15.. then i moved and we never really seen eachother.. i got over him. then i moved back like 5 min away from him. and he moved in with me and my family. because he was like my big brothers best friend. then my best friend moved in with me.. and me and him started getting really close again.. then my best friend when behind my back and started fucking him.. it hurt so bad.. then we got close again when she moved out.. i fell in LOVE with him.. but i’ve never had the guts to tell him.. now he moved out and it seems like he moved on.. but he still comes over and sees me and hugs me and tells me he loves me everyonce in a while.. but its just not the same. and now hes with this other girl and all they do is have sex and are all over eachother in the school hallways. its kills me to see that.. and i just dont know what to do anymore.. im still in love with him but i wanna move on and be happy. Its killing me..</3
Move on Sydney please! He so doesn’t deserve you, you need someone who loves just you and only you.