breakups
When You're Having a Rough Time, Let Friends Share Your Bad News for You
Managing other people's reactions to your trauma is exhausting; enlisting someone else to update folks your behalf is a small act of self-care, and an easy way to take people up on their “let me know if you need anything” offers.
Reading Reddit Drama Helps Some People Leave Bad Relationships
Whether or not the posts are fake, commenters on the subreddits r/AmItheAsshole and r/Relationships don't only offer help to the people posting for advice, but to readers looking for objectivity about their own romantic lives.
What's It's Like to Be Dumped During a Pandemic
Heartbreak isn't easy when it's illegal for a friend to give you a hug.
It Took Leaving Two Exes With Drinking Problems to See My Own
Loving and losing another drinker made me rethink my—and my community’s—relationship with alcohol.
How to Break Up With Someone You're Isolating With
You can't just end things, go have a drink with friends, and then crash with simply whomever right now. Here's what to do instead.
7 People on What It's Like to Break Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic
"It was a deep, raw, emotional conversation, and the FaceTime aspect definitely added a weird element of sterility."
Three Ways to Tell if Your Relationship Is Dead
How friends, money and yearning can be signs that it's time to go your separate ways.
12 Songs Ruined by Our Exes, Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
Love-themed playlists are a sham. We know your ex left with your favorite hoodie, your heart, and that song you can no longer play on repeat.
Deleting Your Social Media Accounts After a Breakup Will Set You Free
It’s sweeping, it’s mysterious, it’s drastic, it’s everything necessary to feed the post-breakup id. It’s also just practical.
Everyone Has a Post-Breakup Shirt
You may never wear the terrible "going out" top you think will transform you into a fun 'n' flirty single, but it's still a necessary part of moving on.
All the Places We've Been Publicly Dumped
The best parts of love might be private, but sometimes, the worst parts, you share with the world. So we made a public, interactive heartbreak map—and we want to know your story.
The Perfect Way to React to an Unwanted Valentine’s DM Slide
A new Carly Rae Jepsen song encapsulates what we’d all like to say to that person.