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DestinyReanne
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How long should it take to get over someone?

I broke up with my boyfriend of ten months almost 5 weeks ago, and I still always think of him and when I see him at lunch I hesitate to get up thinking I should sit with him. I find every way to talk to him as much I can. Is this normal or do I really need help getting over him?

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(>'')>~~~Kyle offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (9 minutes after post)

Well, depending on if he enjoys your company, it ain’t a problem. If he’s irrated by it, then yeah, you are buggin him a little too much.

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starryskys001 offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (12 minutes after post)

the amount of time depends on your personal strength. obviously you’ll never get over at him if you purposely run into him at every given situation. if you really want to get over him, you will avoid him at all costs. you will tell your friends not to speak of him, you will stop speaking to people you only talk to/see because of him. you will get rid of every significant memory you have of him. you will refrain from calling, emailing, texting.
if you want to get over him, do it! if not, stop complaining and ask for him back, if he’ll have you.

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j.parr_6 offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 23 minutes after post)

The best way to get over somebody is to get under someone else as soon as possible. Try to express more love for yourself, after all you can only give away what you have for yourself. Continue to see your boyfriend, be sure to extend your love and kindness to him. Step back from “what’s in it for me?” and detach yourself from expectation. Be thankful and fully present in the moment when you are with him. Keep your wits about you, as there may be a brand new opportunity for romance around the corner…

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courtybubble online Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 173 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (4 hours, 39 minutes after post)

someone told me once, that for however long you went out with the person for, it generally takes about half that time to “get over them”, and then you add some more time on for if they cheated, if you were engaged etc.
so theres a general guide, ive found it to be pretty true too.

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sakyak offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 1 week ago (1 month after post)

i had a relationship with this guy …we have been for almost 2months but we broke up without enough reason..and its too hard for me to get over him too…but i realized one thing..we dont have the right to love other people if we dont know how to love ourselves…so better to put some of respect to urself and for that we can say that we are worth to be love!

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DestinyReanne offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Las Vegas, NV, US | 2 months, 1 week ago (1 month after post)

Thank you so much sayak. And ya I’ve been kinda getting over him but we didn’t have enough reasons to break up and I do think I slowly have been learning to love myself and it has helped.

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