TAKE MY ADVICE,DONT TAKE ADVICE.

Some advice won't just work for the heartbroken.

People like to offer advice,get a coffee stain they will tell you how to get it out. Prang your car and they will tell you about "Their guy" that you absolutely have to go to if you want the best deal at the best price.

We feel strongly about our guys, so we punt them at every opportunity .I for one have an exceptional bike guy . There isn't a bike engine that he can't fix from a scooter to your Harley Davidson. I've got also a phenomenal barber , he's good with any hair type. Don't get me started on my dentist guy, who actually is a girl, she will fix teeth better and whiter and brighter.

So I'm all for recommendations,I'm also partial to the odd How-To. Like how to remove banana from the ceiling and to stop bats from nesting in your eves , or how to get red win out of anything. Those kinds of everyday handy to use around the house tips.

But there's some advice that I really think we need to retire. It's time. I'm mainly talking about relationship advice here. You see, I'm no stranger to the dump. In fact I've been dumped more times than I care to count.(Please don't feel too sorry for me,I give as good as I get.)I think its time we got some new advice for men and women going through any form of devastating breakup. The old ones just don't work for me anymore.

"Time heals all wounds" is a classic, but let's be realistic here. When your heart was broken yesterday,you can barely figure out how you are going to make it tomorrow. Let alone six months from now.when may or may not feel ever so slightly
Better about the whole disaster.

"You are way too good for her", is another crowd pleaser,yes I'm so good that she had to go and have sex with fat -bellied Jimmy that she saw on the internet. I must be really good,see ,advice is supposed to help. This one doesn't.!

"Every pot has its lid" is another that must go. We put men on the moon , we've invented cell phones that are smarter than human beings. We should be able to come up with something better than cookware analogy in the face of total devastation.

I'm thinking it's time we came up with some more modern words of wisdom for recently heartbroken people who feel like they've just had the rug pulled out from under them. Some advice that's a little less dusty and little more practical and realistic. I'm aiming for the kind of advice that will actually make the terminally heartbroken feel better about their situation. For example. How about smashing their windscreen and make dends and scratch their cars.

See, practical and heartfelt.

Or how about "Nothing heals a broken heart quite like scotch and a one night stand" now that's some advice you can use.

I'm still crafting it. But another one I'm leaning towards could go something like "the more expensive his or her item of clothing ,the better it cleans your toilet ". What do you think ? Cathartic right? And just so much more comforting and less annoying than "There are plenty more fish in the sea"

Reviews

[Cicera]

I couldn't be in more agreement! Every word you said here punts another one on the nail's head until the bugger is fully through. Only then you can walk freely without stumbling again and again. There is nothing as true about time as the fact that it gets things older, but it doesn't kill. Though you don't have to become a brute to get over someone, murder-should not be forgotten-is a requirement that should be carried out with some style.

Oh, but there are someones who don't want to forget, or wouldn't truly plan a way to rid themselves of previous attachments that broke abruptly. I guess the kind of pain that follows a breakup usually determines the way the distressed parties would follow. But all so true, why an advice is just an advice. People even say bless you after you sneeze!

[Sean McCollet]

Interesting article, definitely love it. "In fact I've been dumped more times than I care to count.(Please don't feel too sorry for me,I give as good as I get.)" that made ma giggle but i have to say, practical advice is not really advisable(irony) when one is heart broken because they might just do what you say e.g you say "smashing their windscreen and make dends and scratch their cars." at the end of the day the person will spend a night in jail for something petty. I think when people are sad, sometimes it's best to tell them what they want to hear that way will make them feel better

[Mary Fioratti]

What I think about the break-ups. I think that they teach us something. Probably we were not ready to that relationship. I like your sense of humor in your last paragraph... but what I really think is : "what is meant to be .... will be!" - that is the very true statement for me!
*Smiling* *Mary*

[Me]

Wonderful work.