15 Post-Breakup Rules That Should Never Be Broken
#14 Don't Make Empty Promises
If you plan on making various promises to someone you've started a relationship with, make sure to follow-up and fulfill them. Playing them off with an insensitive attitude can destroy an intimate bond bit by bit.
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15:
Try Not To Be Emotional For Too Long
When a breakup occurs, we all have the right to be a little bit emotional - trapping ourselves in a room for days on end while Damien Rice or Taylor Swift songs play on our CD player - but don't let it go overboard. Doing such a routine for weeks can ruin your confidence and prevent you from moving on.
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Don't Make Empty Promises
If you plan on making various promises to someone you've started a relationship with, make sure to follow-up and fulfill them. Playing them off with an insensitive attitude can destroy an intimate bond bit by bit.
13:
Don't Surround Yourself With Negative Friends
Not often do friends and family saying blatantly negative things to you after breakup but they do slowly pile them up on you as time goes on, talking about past relationships that didn't work out (among other things) that convince you to dwell on your current situation.
12:
Take Care Of Your Appearance
Staying inside of a locked bedroom for days on end can tarnish not only the way you think, but the way you look. Multiple-day bed head isn't a fashionable look and the more you take care of yourself, the more encouragement you'll create for yourself.
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Try Not To Take Risks... For Now
Taking risks when it comes to relationships can convince you to be easily attached to others and rely on their personalities to comfort you when you're in a time of need. Show dependence that early in the game can not only lead to one broken heart, but several as time flies.
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Don't Be "Plan B"
In the dating scene, you always want to be "Plan A" not "Plan B". You want to be the top priority in someone else's life and should only allow last minute-plans take effect if you've been in a relationship for more than six months or a year.
9:
Be Careful With Passive Aggressive Individuals
When rebounding, try to acknowledge if someone you're dating has passive aggressive tendencies such as avoiding conflict and enacting revenge through subtle actions (flirting with an ex, spending time with your nemesis). The end result of most relationships with these types often ends badly.
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Don't Try To Be Friends
Getting over a breakup can be a difficult process but it doesn't mean you can look on the bright side by trying to go the "just friends route". Doing so refrains from going cold turkey and pits both partners to be a last-minute form of comfort when a feel of loneliness invades.
7:
Don't Drunk-Dial
This is probably one of the worst habits ever. And we mean ever. Though it seems harmless, it can cause a cycle of grief and arguments which can be easily avoided by erasing a number and/or calling someone else late at night.
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Don't Call Them When You're Sober Either
Dialing while not under the influence can be even worse because you don't have anything to put the blame on. Hoping for reconciliation isn't a form of production as it also doesn't help to create space between you and your ex.
5:
Be Cautious With Those Who Move Too Fast
Staying over, meeting the parents and being around 14 hours of the day comes with time but not within the first week let alone month. Anyone who moves too fast has an issue with being alone and could initiate a breakup just as fast as they start a relationship with someone.
4:
Stay Away From The Super-Nice Narcissists
If a new flame is bringing you gifts, texting you non-stop and stopping in at your workplace more than once a week, there's a slight chance they will distance themselves once you become closer and not show much appreciation.
3:
Don't Fuel The Break-Up
Especially in this digital age, numerous couples take to Facebook and other social media networks to portray their feelings and personal thoughts after ending a relationship. Realistically, it's the absolute worst thing you can do as it will only circle back to the partner.
2:
Don't Ask Yourself "Why?"
Comitting to pondering the reason behind a break-up can not only lead you to target yourself to find the truth, but it never lets you move on from a break-up and get closure through yourself.
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Treat Yourself Really, Really Well
Your best friends can't be there seven days a week to shower you with affection, pity and comfort but it doesn't mean you can't treat yourself well by indulging in new things to feel a little bit better.
