It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
by Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
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Author: Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, Greg BehrendtEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: 0767921968
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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- ISBN13: 9780767921961
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Wake up girl!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book in the midst of a train wreck break-up that dragged on and on for around four months. I am an intelligent woman with a few years of experience under my belt and a healthy dose of cynicism about the opposite sex but as Amiira says in the book "He was my kryptonite." I went against every instinct and every bit of logic just to hang onto this jackass a little longer so he could continue to string me along and jerk me around as he saw fit. After I moved out of his house, he was still in and out of my bed, doing the famed drunk dial on a nightly basis and generally sending mixed signals. "I love you" "I want something different". I quit my job, moved 50 miles away and still, I couldn't shake him.
Then I read this book. From cover to cover- all in one night. The next day I emailed him and told him I was 100% done with his nonsense and have not been in contact with him since (it's been 8 months). I'm not going to lie and say that this book is going to suddenly cure you of the pain of heart break, or that you suddenly won't feel a thing for him....but it WILL snap you out of the dysfunctional dance of delusion you're stuck in. Greg is harsh and he tells you like it is. Why shouldn't you call him? "BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. EVEN IF YOU THINK HE DOES, YOU'RE PROBABLY WRONG. IF HE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU, TO CHECK ON YOU, TO RECONCILE WITH YOU, HE WOULD." (Ouch!) But darn it, I needed to hear that, and what good friend is gonna put it to you that way? The guy is speaking from personal experience. (Not only from the dumper but also the dumpee- he made a darn fool of himself for a girl once too.) You'll cringe as you see yourself in some of the "Psycho Confessionals" but thankfully most are so over the top, you'll feel sane by comparison. His wife Amiira also chimes in with her experience (I found I related to her nightmare first marriage in many ways) Definitely reccommended for anyone who's felt the rejection, humiliation or confusion of any brand of break up. Before you can move on, you have to truly understand that this thing is O-V-E-R. This book is the objective slap in the face to make you see how silly you've acted over this dude. I only regret I hadn't read it sooner....it would've saved me four months of unneccessary drama.
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Summary of It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
There?s no doubt about it?breakups suck. But in the first few hours or days or weeks that follow, there?s one important truth you need to recognize: Some things can?t and shouldn?t be fixed, especially that loser who dumped you or forced you to dump him. It?s called a breakup because it?s broken, and starting right here, right now, it?s time to dry your tears, put down that pint of ice cream, log out of his e-mail, and open this book to Chapter One?and start turning your breakup into a breakover.From Greg Behrendt, the co-author of the smash two-million copy bestseller He?s Just Not That Into You, comes It?s Called a Breakup Because It?s Broken--the ultimate survival guide to getting over Mr. Wrong and reclaiming your inner Superfox. From how to put yourself through ?he-tox,? to how to throw yourself a kick-ass pity party, Greg and his wife, Amiira, share their hilarious and helpful roadmap for getting past the heartache and back into the game. You will learn:
? Why you shouldn?t call him?and what he?s thinking when you do
? How to keep your friends and not lose your job
? How to avoid breakup pitfalls: IMing, stalking, having sex with your ex
? Reframing reality?seeing the relationship for what it was
? How to transform yourself into a hot, happening Superfox and get a jump on the better, brighter future that awaits
Complete with an essential workbook to help you put the crazy down on paper and not take it out into the world, It?s Called a Breakup Because It?s Broken is a must-have manual for finding your way back to an even more rocking you.
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