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It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy
Your thumb is hovering over their name. Put the phone down. 📵
Who it's for
This is the book for the moment your thumb is hovering over their name.
Tempted to reach out, raw→Resolved and supported
Feelings it meets
What it is
A 2005 breakup guide from Greg Behrendt, co-author of He's Just Not That Into You, and his wife Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt. Written in a frank, funny, friend-on-the-couch voice and aimed mainly at women, it centres on a 60-day no-contact rule, leaning on a "breakup buddy" instead of calling the ex, skipping breakup sex and the "let's stay friends" bargain, and putting energy back into your own life.
Where to find it
In print and widely available secondhand; audiobook and library ebook editions available.
Before you start
Heads up: Frank talk about sex and dating.
Age: Suggested 16+
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
