Aww this post has been so helpful for me tonight! Not that I wish anyone to be unlucky in love but I always feel better knowing other people have gone down the same road.

It's okay to be mad at him.

Kudos to you for taking time for yourself. I would be cautious of the friend thing. I am doing that with my ex right now, and I hope to make a successful transition with her, but we have very separate lives, so we manage to just get coffee together once a week and talk.

Have you read or watched anything by Tristan Taormino? She's awesome! I especially love the Chemistry series; it's funny as Hell sometimes.

Aww, sorry darlin!! I toast you with virtual white wine and offer you a big virtual hug!

Honestly, I'm not sure what I'm into - most of the time I just try to get by with something predictably disappointing. Thanks for the advice :).

I have three cool semi-I-hope-relevant breakup stories:

You mean something to him. Maybe it was bad timing or something else. But even though he is a decent man, he didn't just let you down gently to be nice. I suspect you do matter to him.

Oh, that's shitty. Even though he was objectively decent about it, that doesn't make it not shitty. I think you're making the right choice to hold off on dating until the new year; you're not in the best headspace, and you need to practice some good self-care before you get back out there again. Also, you're in good…

Aww, I'm sorry. That's a super bummer! :(

Haha, I said the same thing about the last guy who broke up with me. He works long hours and his commute is something like an hour and a half each way so he just genuinely didn't have time to date at all but he was so so nice about it and told me he really liked me and it made it harder in some ways to accept and…

I've been in this situation before. It sucks :(. You wish you could just throw something and be ANGRY, but then there is nothing really in the situation for you to be angry at, exactly. And when he's a nice guy and he suggests being friends, it's super-tempting. In my experience, though, it just doesn't work. Maybe…

X-Art.com is great as well. No rough stuff, very soft, but still hardcore. And most of the girls are delicate, natural beauties. Love this site!

Ughhh that is the worst because you don't really get that catharsis you get when someone dumps you in a shitty way. :/ Sorry to hear that happened to you. I think the important thing to keep in mind- even though it's hard- is that you won't feel like you feel about him forever.

How charming. You'll recover and be wiser. Better to go through this when you are young. Respect the state of shock you are in and everything will settle. It might serve you well to watch some of Sam Vaknin's youtube videos. peace.

I am
Going to check out all of that makeup. To Sephora!

My 3 week old son has this hairline and often wears this expression on his face. It's scary.

SAME THOUGHT.

I think selfies are an extension of the constantly connected must-know-everything culture we live in. My aunt 4 states over can see exactly when I'm 'in a relationship' on facebook. My mom can send me a vine of my dog doing something cute. A job I interview for can see the comments I left on an article in the…