The Future of Breakups: Guest Blogger
This week brought one of the most dreaded, or loved, holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. No matter if you’re smitten or single,you’ll find nuggets of truth and hilarity in this week’s guest blogger posts from Annabel Acton, the Australian founder of Never Liked It Anyway. The genius site lets users buy and sell unwanted items from past relationships. Even better, though, it has a manual filled with “getting over it” tips, along with a forum with tell-all stories about the worst relationships ever. We’re huge fans, and know you will be, too! Read on for some great tips on living and loving.
It seems strange to me that there are so many sites to help you find love, but none to really help you when it falls apart. Think about it—there are sites for any kind of dating situation: dating right this minute, dating for married people, dating for swingers, and so on. You can even pay to have your profile written for you!
But when it comes to breakups there’s a big fat zero out there. So when they do happen, you feel doubly alone. Like you’re the only person in the world going through it, which obviously isn’t true. In the time it’s taken me to jam out these lines, someone, somewhere has just broken up.
Imagine a future full of things that would actually help you move on, and move on fast. What about a ‘Cleanse Kit’ delivered to your door that came complete with scissors to cut photos or your hair, sexy new makeup, lingerie, perfume and some Pat Benatar records? What about a crowd you could rent to follow you around so you always felt like a superstar? Or a rent-a-best-friend service to help get your self-esteem and groove back in a hurry? Or a Men-In-Black Memory-Erase Wand? Or a Never Liked It Anyway Personal Assistant who came into your home, redecorated and got rid of all that junk that reminded you of your ex?
While some of this might be far-fetched, it’s certainly more appealing that sitting in a pile of tissues watching Meg Ryan movies. Anything that can get you to the ‘What was I thinking?’ place a little faster is surely a good thing. Which brings me to this idea (which is actually possible): imagine if you’d been using Never Liked It Anyway for 5 years; you come online after your most recent break-up, see the exes that made you cry once upon a time (but upon reflection, make you semi-cringe) and realize you will in fact, be ok. Then off you march, back into the fun land of falling in love. Wouldn’t that be nice?
Valentine’s day is over, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still be giving great gifts to yourself. Check out our gift guide here.
