Break Up Ettiquette; or how I learned to stop dwelling and take a lol.

This is mostly a catharsis thing for me. If you think it sounds angry that's you projecting, this is all about civility.

Let's start at the top.

1. The Break up itself:
If this is not your first break up with the person, do not use the same script you used to psych yourself into going through with it last time. You might not remember what you said last time, they do.

2. Closure:
It is not only your right, you need to share the closure with your former partner. Fucking off, leaving them with a bunch of stuff you don't want and were too lazy to throw out yourself just leaves them wanting you to come deal with it. Also, telling the other person what you want from the break up without them having to drag it out of you is just common courtesy, if you don't want to see them at all anymore tell them when you give them back their keys.

3. Contact:
You might not want to see them but if you've left little bits of yourself all over their life they have a right to ask that you deal with them, don't ignore them, it's just rude. Blocking them online is fine, they can't see you on a bunch of programs, unless they're spamming you or stalking you an occasional e-mail response to "I found more of your stuff" is only polite.

Special edition this weekend as soon as I get it put together and have what images I can get my hands on uploaded. I might even rope in a guest writer if he can be sufficiently blackmailed.

-James