My Advice (Worth What You Paid For It)

[lillibet]

A couple of friends have been going through breakups and I've had some conversations about breakups with other people recently, so this stuff has been floating around in my head. I've generally been pretty good at them, though I've made my own mistakes. I have hurt people and I have been deeply hurt. I've learned what works for me...it may be the

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[earthling177]

That was a really cool post! It's very tempting to repost it to other places, but I will refrain. ;-)

[starphire]

That's Good Advice, all of it. Of course, there are occasions when the situation makes it especially hard to end the relationship - couples with kids, for example. But yeah, this is the kind of advice that makes one go "Mmmmm Hmmmmm" out loud.

Have you ever written professionally?

[lillibet]

Sure--there is an endless variety of reasons why one or more of these won't work in a given situation, but as goals, I think they're generally pretty good. Kids are a huge complicating factor, as are abusive situations, etc.

Glad you enjoyed the post.

[lionsburg]

Hmmm... You could have a column!

Hunter Love

(apologies to Dan Savage.)