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1460: The Crucial Difference Between A Death and A Breakup by Shelby Forsythia

Optimal Relationships Daily - Dating, Marriage and Parenting

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The Blessing of a Break Up

With death you get to hold on to your fantasies of what the future looks like. But with a break up, you watch your fantasies get dismantled as both you and your x continue to live and exist in the world. Society doesn't give the same attention to reaking up as it does to death. Moving on is seen as healthy; ruminating over our xs new life is obsessive or sick. We need to honor our break ups not just in the moments they happen, but as they continue to impact our lives.

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