Healing after a breakup takes time. And it doesn't matter if you were dumped or the dumpee or that everyone is telling you that you will eventually start feeling better, you can't help but think that no one could have ever experienced the things you went through. So give yourself the green light to get over it your way.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of ways people are dealing with their exes, and it proves that there is no perfect recipe. From passive-aggressive gestures to constructive conversations, scroll down to check out the entries and upvote your faves.
#1 I Split Up With My Boyfriend Yesterday. I Fell Asleep While He Was Packing And He Stole My Toilet
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#2 My Uncle's Halloween Costume Is The Scariest Thing He's Ever Known, His Ex-Wife
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#3 Bitter Man Buys The House Next Door To His Ex-Wife And Installs An Interesting Sculpture
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#4 It's Valentine's Day And My Ex-Girlfriend Sent Me This, So I Replied With This
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#5 Best Ex Ever
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#6 When You Get A Divorce
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#7 Came Across A 10-Year-Old Photo That Had My Brothers Ex-Wife In It And My Ex In It. Instead Of Deleting It I "Fixed" It
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#8 Netflix & Zero Chills
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#9 Found The Heart Of My Ex
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#10 I Kicked My Loser Ex Out Of My House And Got A New Piece Of Art
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#11 This Guy Had Pictures Of Him And His New Wife Printed On His Checks So He Could Write His Ex Alimony With Them
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#12 Found My Ex In The Natural History Museum
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#13 I Went To A Party Where My Ex Girlfriend Was Present With Her New Boyfriend. This Was What I Was Wearing
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#14 Paid For My Ex’s Glasses And Decided To Spend A Little Extra For An Engraving
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#15 Ran Into My Ex At Lowes
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#16 Just Returned My Ex-Girlfriend To The Store
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#17 When Love Is Over
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#18 Sure, My Ex Totally Didn't Mean To Send Me A Selfie With Her Marriage Certificate
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#19 One Year Later And I’m Still Happy About My Divorce
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#20 Finally Found The Perfect Gift For My Ex
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#21 My Ex Sent Me A Postcard
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#22 My Soon To Be Ex-Wife Brought Me A Cake For My Birthday Today
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#23 While Preparing For My Garage Sale, I Found A Pendant My Ex Gave Me. I Decided To Be A Little Creative With Selling It
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#24 My Ex-Husband Said He Found The Perfect Product Line For Me
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#25 My Friend Received Some Flowers From Her Ex The Other Day
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#26 I Am Not A Graphic Designer. I Needed To Remove My Ex-Wife From A Vacation Picture In Mexico. How Did I Do?
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#27 Ex-Fiancée And Ex Best Man Are Now Dating. He Left His Wii At My Place. I Made Sure To Get It Back To Him
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#28 My Ex Finally Opened Her Small Business
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#29 My Boyfriend Ordered A Cake For His Ex-Wife
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#30 My Ex Was Bitter About Our Break Up And Started Comparing Me To Taylor Swift. This Was My Response
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#31 I Found The Temperature Controls For My Ex's Heart
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#32 Sold The Ring I Used To Propose To My Ex-Fiancée, And Bought Myself Something Nice With All The Cash
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#33 Changed My Ex's Contact Picture On My Phone To Remind Myself Who I'm Dealing With When She Calls
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#34 Pulling The Plug On My Ex-GF
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#35 My Ex Loves Hot Sauce And I Finally Found The Perfect One For Her, While Traveling In Korea
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#36 My Friend Was Just Cheated On. This Is The Valentine's Card She's Sending Her Ex
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#37 Got This In The Post From An Ex
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#38 Instead Of Deleting Pictures Of My Ex, I'd Rather Just Do This
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#39 Looks Like My Ex-Wife Started Her Own Bottled Water Company
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#40 My Wife Sent Me Our Son's Music Results With The Comment "I Can Think Of, Like, 7 Ex-Boyfriends Who Needed A Scoresheet Like This"
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#41 My Favorite Picture Of My Ex-Wife
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#42 My Ex-Wife Just Gave Me This For My Birthday
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#43 Damn Ex-Wives
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#44 My Ex's Heart
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#45 Finally, A Card For My Ex
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#46 If My Ex-Wife Could Find A Way To Accomplish This She Would
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#47 The Women In My Ex's Family Were All
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#48 A Good Present For An Ex-GF
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#49 Advice My Ex-Girlfriend Followed
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#50 I'm Pretty Sure This Is My Ex-Girlfriend's Favorite Drink
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#51 A Piece I Made Inspired By My Ex-Boyfriend
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#52 When I Was Still With My Ex GF, I Kept Losing My Phones Around The Apartment. After We Broke Up, I Found A Package On My Doorstep Saying “Here Are Your Phones Back, Jerk”
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#53 Proof That My Ex-Wife Was Wrong And That I Do, In Fact, Have A Spine
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#54 My Ex-Girlfriend Sent This To Me The Other Day
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#55 Wish You Were Here
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#56 My Ex Dumped Me, So I Quite Rationally Stole A Giant Watermelon From Him. I Then Did What Any Sane, Well-Adjusted Person Would Do
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#57 He Hates His Ex
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#58 Spotted My Ex-Girlfriend Meandering Through My Neighborhood
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#59 My Ex-GF Sent Me This Pic Of Her New Tattoo On Her Hand. Thanks For Reminding Me To Not Get Back Together
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#60 Made My Ex A Valentine Cookie. Nailed It
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#61 Wicked Ex
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#62 I Never Knew My Ex Made Oil Products
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#63 This Guy Keeps Commenting On My Cousin's Pics, Because His Ex Is Now My Cousin's Girlfriend
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#64 Had To Double Take, While Walking Past This, Thinking It Was My Ex-Girlfriend
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#65 Man Steals Construction Equipment, Flips Over Ex-Girlfriend’s Car
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#66 Came Across Some Of My Ex-Girlfriend's Stuff At The Thrift Store
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#67 So My Roommate's Ex-Girlfriend Pranked Him A Few Years Ago, But We Didn't Find Out Until Game Night
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#68 Apparently My Ex Owns A Coffee Company
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#69 I Saw My Ex Today
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#70 My Ex-Girlfriend Morphed Into A Parking Sign
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#71 So Your Cheating Ex Sends You A Snapchat With Her New Boyfriend? Send Her This
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#72 My Ex-Girlfriend Made Me A Birthday Cake
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#73 GF Broke Up With Me And The Bus Is Lookin Pretty Good Right Bout Now
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#74 Ex Left Me A Note, Made Some Improvements
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