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Breakups can make people act a little bit nutty. They turn your world upside down. Your entire routine is destroyed. Your sense of safety and support is taken away. It feels like someone pulled the floor out from under you. It’s perfectly normal to act a little nutty by, say, ordering the entire menu at your neighborhood Thai restaurant (just for yourself) or adopting a pet on an impulse. But there is post-breakup behavior we do to just handle our own negative feelings, and post-breakup behavior we do to intentionally cause pain, inconvenience, or trouble for the ex. And that’s always petty. If he’s an ex, then let him be just that—an ex part of your life you don’t need to concern yourself with anymore. Here is post-breakup behavior that’s just petty.
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Asking your dates to explain your ex’s behavior
Every time you go on a date with someone new, you bring up the ex, and demand this new guy explain his behavior—as if every man you meet represents your ex and is responsible for his actions.
