Get Over That Guy!

Summer is no time to wallow, and Sparkler ArtsyPants05 has offered us some great tips for coping with horrible breakups. Enjoy! —SparkNotes Editors

We all know that relationships are hard, and breakups are even harder.

“But I LOVED him! He LOVED me!” you cry. And then you make the mistake of saying, “No one has ever felt this depressed! You have NO idea how hard this is!”

To this I reply: Honey, Yes. We. Do.

To those people out there who actually want to feel better instead of moping for the rest of their lives, here are some tips to get over the breakup.

1. Remove all the reminders of him from your room. Your life. And yes, the secret stash hidden in that shoebox. We know about those sniper photos you took of him when he took his shirt off for soccer practice. Don’t deny it.

2. Make a list of all the NEGATIVE points about him and ask your girlfriends to pitch in as well. You will see how flawed he really was.

3. Get. Out. Of. Your. Room.

NOW.

Go out with your friends, even if you don’t feel like it. You'll be surprised that you might actually start enjoying your time again.

4. Get back out on the market! Honey, if you insist on living on your couch without showering after your breakups, people are going to start smelling you a mile away, so please, for our sake, get out of those old clothes, wash your hair, and put a skirt on.

5. Go browsing. When you’re out with your girlfriends, check out other guys. Look for cute ones...hot ones...ones that resemble Hayden Christensen...the world is full of good-looking guys!

6. Eat ice cream. I mean it. Get a tub and dig in. Feeling guilty about the ice cream? You won’t after a really long walk around the neighborhood.

7. Write out all of that angst in a notebook. Or a diary. Whatever. On paper you will really see your feelings for the guy, and how you feel about your breakup.

8. Instead of crying yourself to sleep, watch a really cute romantic comedy late at night. Not only you will feel warm and fuzzy about how cute that ending was, but you can notice how he never did any of the romantic things that Hugh Grant does in Notting Hill.

9. DO NOT AVOID HIM. Sure, you can avoid him for the first couple of days, but eventually you will bump into him at the pool and around town, so you might as well get it over with.

10. Hopefully by this time you've tried tips 1 though 9 and I don’t have to write another one, because I have run out of ideas. But I had to put the number ten to make it pretty. (‘Cause seriously...who says 1 to 9?)

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