June 29, 2007, Newsletter Issue #157: Single Parents: Take A Break

Tip of the Week

If you are recently separated from the parent or step-parent of your child or children, the first tip to consider is simple, but not easy: Take a break before getting into another relationship. Even without children, most experts recommend that folks who are recently broken up have too many emotions stirred up to enter a new relationship without it getting messy. Rebounding into something new is seductive because it’s a band-aid over the pain and loss of a breakup. It’s much easier to focus on the positive, exciting, sexy, warm and fuzzy feelings of a new involvement than the yucky feelings brought up by yesterday’s breakup. But those feelings are still in there. They will come out eventually, and they’ll affect the new relationship. Better to wait, grieve the old, and let it go before entering into the new. Six months to a year is a reasonable break to shoot for.

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