Staying Broken Up

How do you know when a relationship has run its course??
Already ended mine but having second, third and fourth thoughts after breaking up twice in 2 days.

Wow people, what happened to the easy, softball questions about suicide bombers and pop culture.

"They say that breaking up is hard to do
Now I know, I know that it's true
Don't say that this is the end
Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again"

There are some very simple rules to breaking up:

• Break up for a good reason. I'm talking about A) Cheating, B) Drugs, C) Kids, D) Religion, E) Sex, F) Communication G) Distance.
• When you break up with someone, you need to have thought about doing it beforehand. Spontaneous breakups don't last unless they involved "A" above.
• Don't break up to try out single life. Single life sucks. You need to break up b/c of the person you are dating.
• Do it sober, and do it calmly and rationally. Try to avoid being emotional when you are doing it. It'll help you say good bye easier.

Since you didn't ask me before you already broke up, the above does not really apply, and the below will hopefully help you.

In order to avoid a relapse, or make-up/break-up/make-up/break-up the above will help, but after you break up you must also:

Make it a clean break. N/2 is at least how long you HAVE to go without any interaction before you are "over someone" (N = the length of time you dated) Of course, I've written how you are never technically over someone.

• Remember why you broke up! This is a very important part of staying broken up. If you broke up for one of the reasons above, then it will help you to remember that reason over and over.
• If you broke up for a dumb reason, (like he didn't call you back fast enough) then its going to be hard to.
• Go out and flirt w/o other people. You don't have to have rebound sex. You don't have to hook up. You don't have to make out. BUT you do have to go out, have a good, fun, flirtatious conversation with someone. It'll inspire you, and help you forget, and help you look ahead.

What the hell did Saint Patrick actually do? Did he perform 3 miracles? As I usually say when referring to our President, what's so great about this guy?

I think you just discovered the single greatest pick up line for Friday (St. Patrick's Day). You could definitely walk up to any girl (or boy) at any bar and ask them if they know what he did. Feel free to come armed with the real answer (though I don't think it is necessary at all for the pick-up line to work).

St. Patrick was the Patron Saint of Ireland. This means that A) most Irish don't care what he did and B) he brought Christianity to Ireland.

As a teen he was captured and sold into slavery in Ireland, and six years later he escaped to Gaul (now France) where he later became a monk. Around 432 he returned to Ireland as a missionary and succeeded in converting many of the island's tribes to Christianity. Late in life he wrote the brief text Confessio detailing his life and ministry. His feast day, March 17, is celebrated as a day of Irish pride in many parts of the world. A popular folk tale says that St. Patrick chased all snakes from Ireland, but there is no historical basis for this story. Another folk tale, that he used shamrocks to teach about the holy Trinity, is also generally agreed to be a myth.

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