Heartbreak

Tears without end

Cole Moreton reflects on the terrible price that true love ultimately demands
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Inside Heartbreak

Queen of broken hearts

Thursday, 4 June 2009

Stephen Foley: Kathleen Horan's website offers bittersweet memorials for wrecked relationships

Sleeping around: Getting over a break-up

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

'I flirt with the fit Swedish bartender with thighs that could crack walnuts'

The art of love: James Barry

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

An embrace without passion

Mark Steel was in his forties, a respectable father of two when his relationship fell apart. This is his account of its sad unravelling.
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Questionnaire: Are you scarred by love?

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

How much emotional baggage are you carrying? The heart is a strong but sensitive organ that can be damaged even though the scar tissue may not be visible. But your history of heartbreak is also prologue: future relationship success depends on how well you handled past relationship failure. Are you at risk of tripping and collapsing over your own emotional baggage or can you learn to regard it more as portable luggage?

The facts of life: heartbreak

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

A survey has revealed that more than 40 per cent of under-25s would end their relationship over the phone rather than do it in person.

Sex doctor: How to make a clean break

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Telling someone you don't love them any more must be done face to face. It's necessary for the person to see you saying the words "It's over", so they can have some sense of closure. Your feelings are secondary in this situation the idea is to make it as painless as possible for them. For this reason, do the deed as soon as you're sure it's finished. It's normal to feel upset at the prospect of hurting them, but staying until you think they're "ready" isn't helping either of you. Here's a his'n'hers guide to telling your partner that it's over sensitively.

Judy Cook: 'I felt as though I could never leave him...'

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

... but eventually she had to. Judy Cook on the pain of walking away from the irreplaceable Peter Cook

What becomes of the broken-hearted?

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Most of us know or can at least imagine what broken-heartedness feels like. But what does it actually involve for the body? Cathy Holding gets to know her stress cardiomyopathy from her catecholamines

Win a masterclass at the Jemma Kidd Make Up School

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Jemma Kidd Make Up is giving two Independent readers the opportunity to win a make-up masterclass at the Jemma Kidd Make Up School, together with a goodie bag of product worth £300. Workshops are kept small, with a maximum of four people, so there’s plenty of opportunity to practise those newly learnt techniques.

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