Women’s Health - Turns Out, We’re Not Great At Break Ups
Your nose is puce-red from blowing into tissues, your Netflix remote got a good manhandling over the last few weeks and you‘ve gone through too many Nutella jars to be honest with yourself about; when it comes to break ups, there’s nothing pleasant about the whole fiasco. They’re vile things at the best of times. And new research has found that, well, we’re not very good at them to boot – if there’s such a thing as being ‘good’ at break ups.
A study conducted by Who Gives A Crap has found that a whopping 75% of Australians hold onto their ex’s stuff, despite nearly 72% of us agreeing that that’s probably not advisable. In fact, nearly 1 in 5 of us hang onto things for more than two years, usually in the form of photos, gifts and letters. Two years is no joke.
We spoke to relationship and intimacy coach Susie Kim on all things break ups and how we can maintain positive and calm relationships.