Love & Sex

8 things you should do if you've been dumped

Hey you, just dumped and looking for some distraction? Don’t worry, I’m here to help you out. Almost nothing is as annoying as heartbreak, but repeat after me: it’s only temporary. Do you remember that Drake once left me hanging?  Heartache, you don’t want to know. Locked myself up for days, Adele on repeat, thousands of tubs of Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum devoured… Ha, okay, all jokes aside, getting dumped really sucks. And to save yourself all those kilos that will accompany you after your ice cream overdose, here are the things you should do when you’ve just been dumped.

  1. Plan a movie date night with your best friends. Get wine and snacks (the cure to all broken hearts) and watch the best movies to get over your ex.
  2. Or go out with them. Put on your hottest outfit. Go dancing. Flirt with other guys. But um, make sure you don’t do any of this. They really don’t like that.
  3. Crying is okay. It has to come out anyway. I always say in English: you need to take time to wallow. As in: you just need to be sad and cry until you look just like Lauren Conrad in the scene in The Hills where she has a fight with Audrina and a mascara tear drips down her cheek.
  4. But if you’re going to cry, don’t do it all day long. Also add the ‘fake it ’til you make it’ mantra to your life. There has been research on this, and it seems that pretending you’re okay has a positive impact on your brain.
  5. Click that unfollow button on all his social media accounts. Bye Facebook, buh bye Instagram. You won’t run into that miserable face of his anymore (okay okay, a bit harsh, but you get the point). And stop stalking through your friends’ accounts.
  6. Go work out. Just ask Simoon, this is the ultimate outlet. I mean: living well is the best revenge, right? Hello, killer body!
  7. Tinder, Happn; all that online dating nonsense: download that stuff. A little attention from the male gender is a very nice confidence boost.
  8. Treat yourself to something new. Clothes, a weekend away, a Gucci bag… I mean: boyfriends are temporary, a bag is for life.

You are a queen. On to the next one.