How To Survive A Break Up: It’s Only Funny Now

Whether you are a man, woman, or transvestite, you are going to experience a break up at some time in your life. It is inevitable, and is just a part of life as is eating or sleeping. When dealing with a break up, you might have had people tell you “there are other fish in the sea”, but sometimes that corny phrase doesn’t completely heal the empty void that fills your heart after a break up. Let me give you some golden break up advice, while telling you one of the worst, yet slightly humorous, relationship’s that I have had that have gone from great to terrible in a very short period of time. 

The Beginning…

Picture this; I’m seventeen, I’m considered handsome by most, and I’m bathing in my glory days while in my junior year of high school. It’s the last day of the year, and the whole junior class has taken a field trip to “Skate Station Funworks” for some good old skating and dancing. I’m playing an intense game of air hockey with my best friend, and all of a sudden I feel a light tapping on my shoulder. I turn around, and to my surprise it’s this Korean girl named Emma who I’ve had a “crush” on since the 3rd grade. She quickly blushed and asked me if I wanted to dance, so I casually said “sure”, being the shy type of guy I am. Next thing I knew we were dancing; however, there was no physical contact or even the slightest bit of small talk whatsoever. She was a very awkward individual to say the least. After the field trip, she promptly ran up to me as our class was departing from the busses, more than ready to leave home for summer. Emma gave me her phone number and a hug, asking me to call her over the summer; which I did. If only I could have foreseen the future, I would have said no. Yes, this story is about to take a very unfortunate turn. 

The Break Up Nightmare Begins…

About a week into summer I called Emma, and we set up our first date. I was going over to my best friend’s house for a night, and we decided to go see a movie with Emma since they both lived in the same neighborhood. The date was extremely awkward for me, due to the fact that my best friend and Emma were constantly flirting with each other, causing me to feel like a third wheel. They shared a soda and popcorn, which really pushed me over the edge. It wouldn’t have been so bad if they both weren’t Korean and lived in the same neighborhood; but just wait, it gets worse. After a couple more dates going the same, awkward way, I decided to stop calling Emma. I lost the will to exercise, took up eating for comfort, gained a load of pounds, and lost all physical attractiveness whatsoever. I was depressed, and my summer had been ruined. When I saw her holding hands with my best friend at school a couple weeks later, I decided to stop talking with her all together. This is when I knew I had to break up with her, but to my surprise she beat me to it. 

A Happy Ending…

A night or two later, Emma gave me a call. She was really quite, and said we should stop seeing each other because I was not giving her enough attention and it didn’t seem like I was interested in her anymore. I was so angry that I simply said “You’re right” and hung up the phone without giving her the chance to respond. I was so glad that the situation was finally over, although I felt like I had been shot down to the point where I never wanted to date again. Look at me now, a year later and I have the best girl a guy could ask for. She gives me her full attention, and I give her my full attention. She motivated me to get back in shape, and now I’m one of the fittest guys I know. The key to living through a break up is hope. I guess when it comes to surviving a break up, all a person can really do is hang tight and repeat to themselves “there are other fish in the sea”.