myTakes: Break Up & Divorce

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it’s a long-term relationship. These connections have run their course, but you stay in them out of comfort or because you’ve been together for so long, but if you have felt like...

I loved (love?) him with my whole heart. He was my most favourite thing, he was my safe place and he made me feel so good about myself. I know we’re young, but I wanted to marry him and I wanted to make it work. I wanted...

Fuckboy: someone you're dating casually or someone you're having sex with who is not that interested in you Characteristics of a Fuckboy Inconsistency Not making plans in advance Excuses to why they don't want a...

A recent G@ger's question inspired me to write this MyTake. There are several reasons why it makes women look bad when they run back to their exes after several years have gone by, as I will explain in this MyTake:...

How many of you women break up with men who didn't measure up to your standards personality-wise, just to find yourself regretting breaking up with him, whereby the next thing you know, you're coming back with your tail...

In my past relationship, I had so many insecurities. I disliked his past and the risky behaviours he had taken when he was single. I projected my dislike to him and it caused a big strain on my mental health and...

Prelude I am and always have been a writer. My purpose in sharing my story is to entertain you but also shed some awareness through some of my experiences. If you are triggered by abuse or violence, please read at your...

This is my take on how to get over a break-up with the help of an amusing culture. Firstly, we can all acknowledge the influence music has on us. Especially when it sounds really good. WHAT NOT TO DO: Don't listen to...

How do you say goodbye to the ones you love? To know your life has a much shorter expiration date. They have, with lots of luck, decades yet to live? You have moments of sharing everything.. You have moments of not being...

The first guy I loved treated me miserably and eventually broke all ties with me because being in touch was harming both of us. Him blocking me was the main reason I made an account here, on G@G. So much has happened...

Last year this time, I had taken back my ex fiancee who had cheated on me. He cheated again and we broke up, and I blocked him and never looked back. For reference: we were LDR (met before obviously) and he was sleeping...

After 5 years of chasing a man who I was deeply in love with, I messaged him after not hearing from him for a while to find out that he was now in a relationship. Immediately then was a rip of pain in my heart. I started...

After realising that my life would soon change completely, I reached out to my therapist and my ex, mainly because those were the most important people in my life at one point. Why my ex? I had high expectations with my...

Despite breaking up with my selfish and uncaring ex for the final time after 10 years on/off I can't get him out of my head. I dream about and think about him nearly everyday. This has been an issue that I haven't been...

I'm so sorry I feel like I have no one to talk to. Even though I wake up smiling and go about my day, I still feel empty inside. I miss waking up next to him. He motivated me to become a better girl/woman(we grew up...

Today he announced his engagement. Held her hand tightly as they stood up on stage at church smiling. A warm applause ringing out for them and their future. You'd think that after liking him for 6 years I'd be devastated....

I don't know why I still love you - all I know is that I do, not at all as strong as I used to, but you were with me for three years and somehow I cannot quite manage to cut you out of my life. It's my boyfriend who told...

The following are some songs I have personally cried to. The yearning in the voices, the message they send the intended, the sorrowful melodies… if you are looking for songs that you might have forgotten, or may not have...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtSUHpuxYxw Break ups are hard. I went through one myself at a young age and cried for days. But there are ways to mentally prepare yourself for a break up before and after. One way is the...

I understand with every situation there's different circumstances for both men and women and reasons for leaving or staying or leaving their kids behind or letting them go. but I've also watched men, especially men, get...