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The 5 Stages of a Breakup

The 5 Stages of a Breakup

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Source: Annie Spratt / Unsplash Have you ever felt that a relationship was slipping away but couldn’t pinpoint when or why it started? Relationships, much like living organisms, have a life cycle that includes phases of growth and decline. According to Knapp’s relationship model, there are five stages of relationship dissolution. Each stage in the gradual disintegration of a relationship is marked by changes in communication, emotional intimacy, and mutual investment. Here are the five stages of “coming apart,” leading to the end of a relationship: 1. Differentiating The first stage involves noticing and highlighting differences between partners. Conflicts may arise more frequently as partners emphasize what sets them apart rather than what unites them. The communication in this stage shifts from “we” to “I,” and partners may begin to express desires for autonomy or personal space. What was once seen as endearing or insignificant may now become a source of irritation or conflict. This stage doesn’t necessarily spell the end of a relationship. It can also be a natural and healthy phase in which …

Man found guilty of murder of partner in London a day after breakup | UK news

Man found guilty of murder of partner in London a day after breakup | UK news

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A man who stabbed his partner 17 times after she said she wanted to end their relationship has been found guilty of murder. Leon Murray, 35, of no fixed address, murdered Keisha Christodoulou, 32, on 1 November 2022 a day after she said their relationship was over. Murray had travelled to their flat in Deptford, south-east London, where he stabbed Christodoulou 17 times. He then changed his clothes and went to pick up their six-year-old daughter from school. On arrival, he told a staff member that “it is done” and that he had “ended” Christodoulou. School staff called 999, as did Murray. Officers attended the flat and found Christodoulou on the living room floor. Despite efforts by emergency services to save her, she was pronounced dead at the scene. A postmortem gave the cause of death as sharp force trauma to the chest. The Metropolitan police said Murray was found guilty of murder on Friday after a trial at Wood Green crown court. Despite his admission to killing Christodoulou, Murray’s defence claimed diminished responsibility. However, …

Woman Breaks Up With Her Boyfriend After He Asked Her To Become A Tradwife

Woman Breaks Up With Her Boyfriend After He Asked Her To Become A Tradwife

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After a couple agreed to focus on their relationship and individual careers before having kids, it came as a big surprise when the woman’s boyfriend revealed a sudden change of heart and suggested his girlfriend give up her career and become a tradwife. Some women would love the opportunity to be stay-at-home moms and embrace “traditional” roles. However, this woman isn’t one of them. She found it particularly insolent that her so-called partner didn’t even consider her opinion on the matter. The woman broke up with her boyfriend on the spot and wished him luck in finding his tradwife. She later took to Reddit’s r/AmIOverreacting forum to explain the context and ask if her reaction was too harsh. She stated that she and her boyfriend are both 26, college-educated, goal-oriented, and career-focused. They had been dating for three years and mutually agreed to wait until their 30s — when they would ideally be married and in a more stable position — to have their first child. All in all, this was a wise plan, considering …

3 Lightening Fast Ways To Detach After A Breakup

3 Lightening Fast Ways To Detach After A Breakup

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You were in a long-term relationship, and now you’re unexpectedly dealing with a breakup. How do you cope? I mean, being in a relationship is great, but saying goodbye can feel like a knife to the heart. It’s something nobody prepared you for, and no guidebook can truly help you overcome a broken heart. So, once again, how do you cope? How do you get over an ex? How do you move on? Dating coach Sabrina Zohar discusses the three ways you can detach from your ex after a messy breakup. 3 Ways To Detach After A Breakup 1. Be aware of your thoughts and what’s actually happening. “Where are you feeling this in your body,” asks Zohar. Where is your mind at and do you find yourself ruminating? It’s important to understand where your thoughts are and what they’re protecting you from. When we obsess over our ex why do we do it? Are we unconsciously protecting ourselves? If that’s true, what are we protecting ourselves from? Zohar adds, “What are we avoiding looking …

Courteney Cox Recalls ‘Intense’ Breakup With Johnny McDaid

Courteney Cox Recalls ‘Intense’ Breakup With Johnny McDaid

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Courteney Cox recently revealed that she once went to a therapy session with the intention to fix her relationship with her current partner, Johnny McDaid, but was hit with a devastating surprise instead. During a Wednesday appearance on the podcast Minnie Questions, the Friends star told host Minnie Driver that she was completely caught off guard when Johnny – who was her fiancé at the time – ended their relationship during a therapy session that took place a few years after they began dating. “We broke up, and it was really intense. We broke up in therapy, I didn’t know it was coming,” Courteney said. “Whether I should have or not… we went to this therapist to talk about our boundaries, what we could and couldn’t accept about each other.” She later continued: “Instead, he just broke up within the first minute.” Courteney said that she was “so shocked” and in “so much pain” from the breakup. “I also don’t like surprises,” she said. “And he’s an incredible human being, so he wasn’t trying to …

Shakira calls monogamy a ‘utopia’ two years after breakup from Gerard Piqué

Shakira calls monogamy a ‘utopia’ two years after breakup from Gerard Piqué

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Shakira has spoken candidly about monogamy, and why she feels it is a “utopia”. The “Hips Don’t Lie”singer opened up in an interview with Marie Claire about how she feels about love two years after her split from her ex-boyfriend of 11 years, Gerard Piqué with who she shares her two sons – Milan, 11, and Sasha, nine. According to Shakira, a lot of her inspiration to keep going after love comes from her parents. “I cannot say that I don’t believe in love because I see the example of my parents after 50 years together; how they look into each other’s eyes and hold hands and can’t live apart from each other,” the singer told the outlet. “I’ve witnessed love, I just haven’t been that lucky myself. Monogamy is a utopia. But I’ve been compensated in other ways, with the …

United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion

United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion

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(AP) – Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference. It’s a much-anticipated gathering. Typically it is held every four years, but church leaders delayed the 2020 gathering until now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the 11-day gathering runs from April 23 to May 3. Among those assembling are hundreds of voting delegates — the United Methodists from across the globe who were elected to represent their regional church body — though as many as one-quarter of international delegates are not confirmed as able to attend. The delegates, half clergy and half lay Methodists, are the decision makers at General Conference. WHAT HAPPENS AT GENERAL CONFERENCE? General Conference — the only entity that can speak for the entire denomination — is a business meeting where delegates set policy, pass budgets and address other church-wide matters. It’s the only body that can amend the United Methodist Book of Discipline, which includes church law. It also includes Social Principles, which are non-binding declarations on …

Best divorce gifts to help after a breakup

Best divorce gifts to help after a breakup

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Best weighted blanket for: anxiety If you’re after a weighted blanket that feels soft to the touch, they don’t come much softer than the Mela Weighted Blanket from Aeyla – a product which has won the ES Standard’s best weighted blanket title for the last four years running. Measuring 190 x 100cm and available in a choice of weights from 4 – 9kg, the Mela Weighted Blanket comes in two designs – the All in One (with a permanently attached cover) or a blanket with a removable cover that secures using ties and a zip. We tested the All in One where one side is made from 100 per cent cooling cotton, and the other an insanely soft quilted fleece. Of all the blankets we tried, this was the one that had the most instant ‘ahhh’ moment – where as soon as we put it over our lap, we wanted to snuggle up and relax. It’s pretty much like an ‘off’ switch after a busy or hard day. The Mela Weighted Blanket is filled with …

The Biological Reason It’s So Hard To Eat When Your Heart Is Broken

The Biological Reason It’s So Hard To Eat When Your Heart Is Broken

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There’s no doubt about it. Breakups can shake us to our core. Although we all deal with them differently, like developing depression after a breakup or making self-destructive decisions, many people have experienced the phenomenon of a loss of appetite after a breakup. What causes loss of appetite, and why is heartbreak responsible for us losing interest in food? We sat down with YourTango experts Marina Pearson and Debra Smouse to find out why a loss of love causes a loss of appetite. For starters, Pearson points out, “Considering body and mind are connected, it makes sense if you are upset, your body will be affected.” RELATED: Men And Women Handle Breakups Way Differently, Says Study She explains what happens on a chemical level when we think stressful thoughts: “The first thing the body does is to create more adrenaline, which flows into the body; this increases our cortisol levels. Pearson continues to say that too much cortisol in our bodies “on an ongoing basis causes the following to happen”: sustained elevations of blood sugar …

Psychologists explain why we love breakup songs, like Taylor Swift’s

Psychologists explain why we love breakup songs, like Taylor Swift’s

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Perhaps never before have so many been so eager for something so steeped in heartbreak. Taylor Swift’s legions of devotees have eagerly anticipated her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” in hopes of gaining insight into her notoriously private six-year relationship with actor Joe Alwyn — particularly her perspective on its demise. Swift delivers. In a track titled “Fresh Out the Slammer,” the 14-time Grammy Award winner sings of spending “Years of labor, locks and ceilings / In the shade of how he was feeling.” Another song called “So Long, London” has her recounting that “I stopped CPR, after all it’s no use / Thе spirit was gone, we would never come to.” (She also devotes several songs to her short-lived situationship with fellow singer Matty Healy of the English band the 1975.) “Songwriting is something that, like, actually gets me through my life, and I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting more than I needed it on ‘Tortured Poets,’” Swift confessed to an audience in Melbourne, Australia, when her Eras tour played …