| Moving On From Breakup How To? | | | | For instance, Joe would never go to the ballet |
| Keeley knew it was time to be moving on. | | | | with her. Keeley had trained as a classical dancer |
| Break up with her boyfriend Joe had just | | | | and she appreciated Swan Lake and Giselle. |
| happened. She knew there was no chance of | | | | When a performance came to town, she got a |
| getting back together, so she had to get on with | | | | couple of girlfriends together and they went. |
| her life. | | | | This is not something she would have done if she |
| First, Keeley tried talking to her friends about the | | | | had been together with Joe. |
| break up. At first, they were sympathetic. But | | | | She also decided to join an adult dance class. |
| soon, they became bored with the topic and | | | | Partially, it got her out of the house two nights a |
| wanted to talk about their own issues. Keeley | | | | week. It also got her back into shape. But, she |
| became frustrated at their lack of support. | | | | was able to meet new people as well. She liked |
| Her mom, on the other hand, couldn’t talk | | | | the comraderie of the class. |
| about anything but Joe. She thought Keeley was | | | | She also explored new passions. She never |
| insane to let him get away. It sometimes | | | | knew much about fine wines. Joe had preferred |
| seemed like her mom had been more in love with | | | | beer and she had usually just ordered the house |
| Joe than Keeley ever was. | | | | white. But when she heard a local winery was |
| After a few weeks, Keeley decided to go to a | | | | offering a wine tasting class, she decided to join. |
| therapist for five sessions. Over the course of a | | | | Over the course of five weeks, she developed a |
| few weeks, she began to identify the problems | | | | palate. She began to appreciate the difference |
| which had led to the break up and plan out a | | | | between a young wine and an old wine. |
| strategy for moving on. | | | | And, she met Rodney. Rodney was a good |
| The first thing she did was to for the moving on | | | | looking lawyer who was interested in good wine |
| break up was to get rid of all of Joe’s | | | | and fine food. He was also interested in Keeley. |
| things. Some, like the leather jacket he loved, | | | | Part of how Keeley knew that she was getting |
| she gave back. Other things like his toothbrush | | | | over the pain of losing Joe was that she was |
| she just threw away. And, he had given her | | | | interested in Rodney. |
| some nice jewelry, but she decided to box these | | | | Keeley doesn’t know whether the relationship |
| up and store them until she became less | | | | with Rodney is going to be long term or a short |
| emotional about Joe. | | | | term rebound fling. But she does know that she |
| Next, she started doing things that she didn’t | | | | doesn’t miss Joe when Rodney is around. |
| feel comfortable doing when Joe was around. | | | | And that’s moving on break up advice! |