The People We Miss From Breakups Other Than Our Exes
I think of all the people who exited my life because of breakups and how neither of us knew our final conversations with each other were exactly that.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
We broke up on a Wednesday at 10 p.m. Any other Wednesday, and we might have been watching a show, taking a bath together, or sitting at our desks in the office we shared.
Our Best Memories With Our Worst Exes
Even bad relationships contain good memories.
‘My Ex Is Doing the Art Project We Planned Together Without Me’
Creative jealousy is understandable in a lot of contexts, but especially this one.
‘I Can’t Stop Thinking About the What-Ifs With Someone I Dated for Two Months’
While using knowledge about one’s attachment style to build lines of communication with a partner and to manage conflict can be super helpful, letting yourself hang onto false hope because of attachment theory is not going to help you.
‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’
“Feeling like I can’t break up with her is making me so unhappy, which makes me want to break up more!”
‘How Do I Transition My Failed Situationship Into a Friendship?’
“I know saying my situationship broke up with me a week ago and we’re trying to be friends already is probably the most lesbian-coded sentence on the planet…”
I Am Desperate for Closure From the Sudden End of a Seven-Month Relationship
Closure is alluring, but it’s not guaranteed in breakups. People don’t always owe us closure.
Should You Delete Your Ex?
There’s nothing an iPhone loves more than forcing a slideshow of your ex on you when you least expect it.
How To Know When To Block Your Ex on Social Media
You can choose to block an ex for any reason, but here are some things to consider as well as alternatives for post-breakup social media protocols.
The Best Breakup Advice You’ll Ever Get
“The world is supposed to feel as though it is ending and you are supposed to know only in the most dormant recesses of the backmost corner of your soul that it will not be like this forever.”
How Do I Learn To Trust Again After My Two-Month Situationship Ended Abruptly?
“I’m a cis queer woman in my mid-twenties, and I’m mourning yet another 2-3 month-long relationship that ended unexpectedly, and this time it’s messing with me in the way the others haven’t.”
37 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On
“Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.”
Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce
“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”
25 Movies Just Perfect for Crying Through Your Divorce
Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no one is watching, it’s fine).
Rumors of Our Lesbian Divorce Rates Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (But They’re Still Pretty True)
You may have heard that lesbian divorce rates are exceptionally high, and perhaps you may have found yourself wondering — are they really?
Tiny Butch Shoes, Lightly Worn
A good pair of boots are LIFE okay??? Is that a gay opinion? Likely.
I’m a Psychologist Who Didn’t See My Own Divorce Coming
Psychologists can see potential in every patient who is seeking therapy. I can’t look at my marriage without seeing all the ways we could still fix it.
Reactions People Have Had To Finding Out I’m Divorced, Ranked
YOU were MARRIED?
So, Why Did You Break off Your Engaygement?
“My ex fiancé slept with her best friend (who was going to be the best man at our wedding).” 39 queer people on why they broke off their engagement.