It’s confirmed: your ex is with someone else. This probably shouldn’t bother you all that much if you’re already in a happy state in your life. If anything, you’d be happy that your ex has decided to move on. But what if you’re still not completely over your ex? What if you’re not happy with the way things turned out after you broke up? To help you keep your sanity and to keep you from revisiting that dark place you frequented after your breakup, here are our tips for what you should do.
1. Express what you feel. Don’t scream it out at the top of your lungs on the highest building you can find! Just express it in your own way, with minimal damage to those around you. Cry it out, if you must. Get it off your chest.
2. Realize that your ex moving on before you is okay. At first, you might think it’s so unfair that your ex has managed to find someone new while you’re still struggling to get over your breakup. But you have to understand that breaking up means having the right to see other people.
3. It’s not a race. When two people break up, there is usually a slight competition to see who becomes happier with their lives first. Some people engage in this, especially if they’re still super bitter about their ex.
4. Keep the ex’s flaws in mind. This may already be something you’ve done when you were still trying to get over the breakup, but keeping that mental tally does come in handy in situations like this.
5. Avoid places where they might go. You saw that the happy new couple is always at this pub near your place. It’s so near that it wouldn’t be weird if you were to suddenly show up and see them there, right?