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‘My Ex Is Doing the Art Project We Planned Together Without Me’

Creative jealousy is understandable in a lot of contexts, but especially this one.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 15, 2024

"I keep thinking maybe they're an avoidant personality style and that they'll come back and say they made a mistake and they do want to date me."

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‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’

While using knowledge about one’s attachment style to build lines of communication with a partner…

Nico

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Sep 24, 2024

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‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

“Feeling like I can’t break up with her is making me so unhappy, which makes…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 30, 2024

YOU NEED HELP: two people trying to be friends

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‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’

“I know saying my situationship broke up with me a week ago and we’re trying…

ashni

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Jul 9, 2024

BREAKUPS

I Am Desperate for Closure From the Sudden End of a Seven-Month Relationship

Closure is alluring, but it’s not guaranteed in breakups. People don’t always owe us closure.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 28, 2024

breakups

‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’

While using knowledge about one’s attachment style to build lines of communication with a partner and to manage conflict can be super helpful, letting yourself hang onto false hope because…

Nico —

Sep 24, 2024

breakups

‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

“Feeling like I can’t break up with her is making me so unhappy, which makes me want to break up more!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 30, 2024

breakups

‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’

“I know saying my situationship broke up with me a week ago and we’re trying to be friends already is probably the most lesbian-coded sentence on the planet…”

ashni —

Jul 9, 2024

you need help

"It shouldn’t matter. But I almost care more about this than I do about the fact that she’s still apparently with the girl she cheated on me with."

breakups

‘My Ex Is Doing the Art Project We Planned Together Without Me’

Creative jealousy is understandable in a lot of contexts, but especially this one.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 15, 2024

you need help

breakups

‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’

While using knowledge about one’s attachment style to build lines of communication with a partner and to manage conflict can be super helpful, letting yourself hang onto false hope because…

Nico —

Sep 24, 2024

you need help

breakups

‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

“Feeling like I can’t break up with her is making me so unhappy, which makes me want to break up more!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 30, 2024

you need help

breakups

‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’

“I know saying my situationship broke up with me a week ago and we’re trying to be friends already is probably the most lesbian-coded sentence on the planet…”

ashni —

Jul 9, 2024

you need help

breakups

I Am Desperate for Closure From the Sudden End of a Seven-Month Relationship

Closure is alluring, but it’s not guaranteed in breakups. People don’t always owe us closure.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 28, 2024

breakups

Should You Delete Your Ex?

There’s nothing an iPhone loves more than forcing a slideshow of your ex on you when you least expect it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 6, 2024

breakups

How To Know When To Block Your Ex on Social Media

You can choose to block an ex for any reason, but here are some things to consider as well as alternatives for post-breakup social media protocols.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 30, 2024

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The Best Breakup Advice You’ll Ever Get

“The world is supposed to feel as though it is ending and you are supposed to know only in the most dormant recesses of the backmost corner of your soul…

Riese —

Apr 18, 2024

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37 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On

"Even as I hold you, I am letting you go."

Riese

The following novels featuring breakup quotes: You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat, Nevada by Imogen Binnie, and Abandon Me by Melissa Febos

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Divorce Week

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 20, 2024

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We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 5, 2024

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‘My Ex Is Doing the Art Project We Planned Together Without Me’

BREAKUPS

‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’

BREAKUPS

‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

BREAKUPS

‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’

BREAKUPS

I Am Desperate for Closure From the Sudden End of a Seven-Month Relationship

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‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’

breakups

‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

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‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’

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