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" Going through a breakup is tough, but with these tips from real girls who&amp;#039;ve been there, you&amp;#039;ll get over your ex soon enough! &amp;quot;I avoided my ex after we had broken up. I feel like if the relationship is over, it&amp;#039;s over for good! There is a reason why we aren&amp;#039;t together. I think it&amp;#039;s a horrible idea to keep in touch with an ex, especially if the breakup is recent.&amp;quot; --Genna, 16 &amp;quot;I had been going out with a guy for about two years and he broke up with me out of the blue. I eventually threw out all of the pictures of us, plus his hats and clothes that he&amp;#039;d given me, and I deleted all his text messages and threw away his letters. When he texted me, I just ignored it. I started seeing other people and got over him! Everything happens for a reason!&amp;quot; --Kylie, 18 It was hard getting over my ex-boyfriend, because we dated for three years, then he broke up with me right after New Year&amp;#039;s. I started drowning myself in my schoolwork, and I became very focused on my career goals and other dreams. It&amp;#039;s still a little hard sometimes, because we were high school sweethearts; however, I realized that by keeping myself busy I don&amp;#039;t think about him as much. --Naomi, 23 &amp;quot;Getting over an ex is never easy. But the way I did it was with my girlfriends. They help me through everything. We stayed busy hanging out. And basically they were there for me when I had nobody else. I still think about my ex, but I know that he&amp;#039;s just not worth it.&amp;quot; --Stacie, 16 &amp;quot;After ending it with the boy I had been with for over a year, I was crushed. Everything I looked at and everywhere I went somehow always brought me back to him. So, finally one day I deleted his number from my phone, blocked him on AIM, deleted him on Facebook and MySpace, and got rid of all the pictures and teddy bears and everything that held a connection to him. By getting rid of everything that reminded me of him, it helped me to forget everything I didn&amp;#039;t want to remember.&amp;quot; --Melissa, 16 &amp;quot;I just broke up with my boyfriend of three months, and the way I&amp;#039;m getting over him is by surrounding myself with my friends and family. I&amp;#039;m also looking at my options now that I&amp;#039;m single again.&amp;quot; --Diana, 15 &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s difficult to get over an ex-boyfriend, but there are ways to help the pain and hurt disappear. Spend time with your friends and do things that make you happy. For once you don&amp;#039;t have to think if your actions are going to hurt your boyfriend because you don&amp;#039;t have one, so go out and do things you want to do. Meet new guys and enjoy being single!&amp;quot; --Caroline, 15 &amp;quot;I looked up something to do, and started swimming and dancing. It took my mind off of him completely because I was really busy and meeting new friends. &amp;quot; --Laysha, 15 &amp;quot;Change a bit to help you get over the past. Get a haircut! Most important, go out more with friends and family \u2014 it will totally get you over him.&amp;quot; --Iris, 16 &amp;quot;I listened to my friends, who pointed out how he was a jerk, which really opened my eyes to how he really treated me. I also listened to &amp;#039;Potential Breakup Song&amp;#039; by Aly &amp;amp;amp; AJ, which made me dance and get over him!&amp;quot; --Sami, 14 &amp;quot;After my boyfriend and I broke up I was devastated! My friends had my back, though, and they planned a girls&amp;#039; night in, which included a pit fire. That night all three of us brought along things that we wish we could let go of. I brought notes that my boyfriend had written me, as well as a flower from him that I had pressed. That night we made a vow to be &amp;#039;freed&amp;#039; from whatever we burned. I threw the whole pile in, topped with the rose, and watched as the pages curled with flames. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and haven&amp;#039;t looked back in years. It was great!&amp;quot; --Jenny, 18 &amp;quot;I got over my ex by simply listening to all my good friends, and letting them find other cute new guys for me to look at. Like they&amp;#039;ve always said to me, &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s not like good guys aren&amp;#039;t there; you just haven&amp;#039;t found them yet.&amp;#039; I listened to happy, peppy music, like Taylor Swift&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Picture to Burn.&amp;#039; That song really helped me through some tough times!&amp;quot; --Taylore, 15 &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a musician, so I write songs. When you just sit down and write for a while, you can get out all your anger. I almost always write about not being able to get over a guy, and then it&amp;#039;s like, &amp;#039;BAM! I can do this!&amp;#039; If you don&amp;#039;t want anyone to read it, you can rip it up and throw it away or burn it. It feels really good to get out your feelings and no one has to see it, so you can be completely honest.&amp;quot; --Julianne, 16 &amp;quot;I think the worst you could do is jump into a new relationship. You will most likely just end up hurting the other person. Take some time off. When you start to like someone else, go for it. The hurt from the previous relationship will go away eventually.&amp;quot; --Amanda, 16 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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