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" Although we&amp;#x27;ve tried to dish out our own relationship advice to her, we have to admit Katy Perry&amp;#x27;s new interview with Vogue makes it seem like the girl has learned a thing or two or five on her own when it comes to love. 1. Bad dates will probably stick out in your memory as much or maybe even more so than good ones. Of her split with ex-husband Russell Brand, Katy says, &amp;quot;Let&amp;#x27;s just say I haven&amp;#x27;t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.&amp;quot; Notice how she uses the exact date? I feel her. I can&amp;#x27;t remember birthdays or anniversaries to save my life, but the day of my most traumatic breakup is seared in my mind calendar forever. 2. If a guy can&amp;#x27;t handle you being in charge, boss him right out of your life. &amp;quot;He didn&amp;#x27;t like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour,&amp;quot; says Katy of Russell. &amp;quot;So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting.&amp;quot; Upsetting? I should think so. If a man can&amp;#x27;t &amp;quot;handle&amp;quot; you having a red-hot career, he&amp;#x27;s not for you. I mean, &amp;quot;handle&amp;quot; it? He should love it, you powerful, sexy thing you. 3. Accept responsibility and examine your own flaws when necessary. Katy says that she felt guilty about certain problems in her marriage: &amp;quot;I mean, I have to claim my own responsibility in things. I do admit that I was on the road a lot.&amp;quot; OK, Katy, that&amp;#x27;s a real hazard in your line of work. Next time you&amp;#x27;ll know to work on getting through it a little easier. 4. But also, know when it&amp;#x27;s just not about you. Katy gets a little cryptic about her divorce, saying, &amp;quot;I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can&amp;#x27;t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day.&amp;quot; Huh, I wonder what that&amp;#x27;s all about. But though she&amp;#x27;s keeping that a secret, she shares how she handled it in a way every woman should probably learn: &amp;quot;I let go and I was like: This isn&amp;#x27;t because of me; this is beyond me. So, I have moved on from that.&amp;quot; Heck yeah. Sometimes you have to not take things personally, because they&amp;#x27;re really not about you. 5. The first step is recognizing you have a problem, right? Moving on to her more recent ex (or not?) love, John Mayer, Katy says that she was/is madly in love with him, but that he has a &amp;quot;beautiful mind, tortured soul.&amp;quot; She then lamented, &amp;quot;I do have to figure out why I am attracted to these broken birds.&amp;quot; You and me both, Katy. That damn bad-boy thing and its power over us. Whoa, can you believe Russell Brand texted her about a divorce? Ouch. Do you relate to any of her experiences? More Katy: *The Very Expensive Way Katy Perry Is Supposedly Dealing With Heartbreak (Who Wants to Buy Me One?) *The 6 Bestie Commandments for When Your Friend&amp;#x27;s Dating a Jerk (Inspired by Katy Perry) *Who&amp;amp;#8217;s Most Likely to be Your Boyfriend&amp;amp;#8217;s Biggest Critic? (Katy Perry&amp;amp;#8217;s Brother Has a Harsh Opinion on John Mayer!)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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