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Break-Up Etiquette: How To End Things As Drama-Less As Possible
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Shellie Reneé
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All good things come to an end. It’s something we’ve all heard before, but when it’s in the context of a break-up---a break-up that we’re going through---that’s the LAST thing we want someone to say to us.

Nothing is even remotely comfortable about ending a relationship with someone. But sometimes life happens. Maybe you’re not as compatible as you thought. Maybe you’re going in two different directions. Maybe you want different things (that’s a biggie). Maybe one of you wants to see other people (and started doing it while you were together). Maybe…maybe…maybe. The break-up possibilities really are endless.

The only thing worse than breaking things off? Doing it in a way that is messy. If there’s a silver lining to a break-up is there are several things that you can do to avoid drama from arising. So pull yourself together. Take a deep breath. Vent to your closest and dearest friend. Then gear up to do the following five things.

We ain’t gonna lie. It won’t be easy. But the cleaner a break is, the quicker you can heal. And MOVE ON.

About Shellie Reneé

Just a woman who digs all things relationships. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, that is. I've been writing (professionally) for close to 20 years, including having two books published. I'm also a marriage life coach and doula. Sometimes I speak to large audiences or do radio interviews, but usually I'm sitting in my favorite chair, surfin' the 'net and penning stuff that I wish I had read in my early 20s.

Listen, I don't have all the answers, not by a LOOOOONG shot. But whatever I can do to spare folks any heartbreak, bitterness or straight-up drama, I'll devote some keystrokes to doing. 

That's it...in a nutshell. For the most part. Kinda. ;)

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