#breakups — Public Fediverse posts

Lesbian couple shares news of their breakup with a funny photoshoot

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/lesbian-couple-shares-news-of-their-breakup-with-a-funny-photoshoot/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lesbian-couple-shares-news-of-their-breakup-with-a-funny-photoshoot

https://www.europesays.com/ie/447663/ Haylie Duff Has Called Off Her 12-Year Engagement #breakups #Celebrities #Celebrity #CelebrityBreakups #CelebrityEngagements #culture #Éire #engagements #Entertainment #IE #Ireland

Why do breakups hurt so much? Researcher put people in MRI scanners to find out. Her answer explains everything.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction

Why do breakups hurt so much? Researcher put people in MRI scanners to find out. Her answer explains everything.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction

Why do breakups hurt so much? Researcher put people in MRI scanners to find out. Her answer explains everything.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction

Why do breakups hurt so much? Researcher put people in MRI scanners to find out. Her answer explains everything.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pn-mri-brain-love-dopamine-addiction

Haylie Duff Has Called Off Her 12-Year Engagement

Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Haylie Duff and her fiancé of 12 years, Matthew Rosenberg, have broken up,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #breakups #celebrity #celebritybreakups #celebrityengagements #Culture #engagements
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/598276/

Haylie Duff Has Called Off Her 12-Year Engagement

Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Haylie Duff and her fiancé of 12 years, Matthew Rosenberg, have broken up,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #breakups #celebrity #celebritybreakups #celebrityengagements #Culture #engagements
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/598276/

Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups

https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/special/sokanzu/en/2026/

#HackerNews #SumidaAquarium #PenguinDrama #RelationshipChart #Breakups #2026 #WildlifeNews

Did you know breakups later in life can improve well-being? 🤔

A study from the University of Cologne shows that in stressful relationships or with mental health issues, many feel relieved after a breakup.

👉 more info: https://bit.ly/4sg0N04

#UniversityOfCologne #Research #MentalHealth #Breakups

Using AI as a Tool to Distract From Rumination

https://roamingtowardsmyself.blog/2026/03/13/ai-tool-distract-from-rumination/

PsyPost: Social media surveillance of ex-partners linked to worse breakup recovery. “A new series of studies published in Computers in Human Behavior has found that keeping tabs on a former romantic partner through social media hinders emotional recovery.”

https://www.europesays.com/ie/230199/ ‘Love Island’ Stars Chelley Bissainthe, Ace Greene Break Up #AceGreene #BeyondTheVilla #breakups #CelebrityRelations #chellace #ChelleyBissainthe #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #LoveIslandUSA #News #RealityTV #TV

Ĝi estas #FortnightFridayMusic

gastiganto: @MarkIngs @bborn
subjekto: #breakups #disiĝo
kanto: Lasta kanto por eta Tingelingo
per: La Perdita Generacio
ligilo: https://youtu.be/g3_8guctzGU

por la anglaj parolantoj: a sweet song about the surprise of finding joy through the pain of a breakup

🎶 Ĉu vi scias ke mi prenis vian nomon?
Ĉu vi scias ke la lingvon lernis mi?
Eble ŝajnas kiel mi perdis aŭtonomon
sed tiuokaze mi ne skribus tiel ĉi 🎶

#esperanto #muziko

5/4

‘Love Island’ Stars Chelley Bissainthe, Ace Greene Break Up

That’s a wrap. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Chellace is no more. Love Island USA…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #acegreene #beyondthevilla #breakups #celebrityrelations #chellace #chelleybissainthe #Entertainment #LoveIslandUSA #realitytv
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/345334/

‘Love Island’ Stars Chelley Bissainthe, Ace Greene Break Up

That’s a wrap. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Chellace is no more. Love Island USA…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #acegreene #beyondthevilla #breakups #celebrityrelations #chellace #chelleybissainthe #Entertainment #LoveIslandUSA #realitytv
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/345334/

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridayMusic

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

"Tell me why everything turned around
Packing up, shacking up's all you wanna do
If I could, baby, I'd give you my world
Open up, everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way, go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way, go your own way*"*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozl3L9fhKtE

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridayMusic

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gonna stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKfiH0Scao

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridayMusic

Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

"And I'm here to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPcyTyilmYY

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridayMusic

Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

"I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm03wqLY3Nc

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridayMusic

Billy Joel - And So It Goes

"But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usmvUz83WU4

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridaymusic

KT Tunstall covering Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue

"She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out west
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walking away
I heard her say over my shoulder
"We'll meet again someday
On the avenue"
Tangled up in blue"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3xGDW3p-h0

For #Breakups themed #FortnightFridaymusic

Hosted by: @bborn @MarkIngs

Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game

"For you, I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five-story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One I wished I never played
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatZ9VSF7Mc

More #FortnightFridayMusic 🎉

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #breakups
Song: I Heard It Through the Grape Vine
By: The Doug Anthony All Stars
Link: https://youtu.be/5brqK2xIIns

The greatest moment in Australian TV.

They were crying in the studio & at home. Everyone remembers seeing this live, even those who didn't 😜

For those who aren't Gen-X Aussies: the wildest, most irreverent comedians who were known for destroying sets & the audience stopped mid show & did something unforgettable.

4/4

Another one for #FortnightFridayMusic by MarkIngs

The word for Dec 12 is #Breakups

Grant Hart's 2541 is, on one level, about the breakup of Husker Du, but it's not only that.

The slow build - so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCsYUIQ3sZo

time to join us for #FortnightFridayMusic by @MarkIngs

The word for Dec 12 is #Breakups

Let's start with Husker Du and Standing in the Rain...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAVrl6E8drY

Even more #FortnightFridayMusic 🎉

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #breakups
Song: Say Goodbye
By: Hunters & Collectors
Link: https://youtu.be/8pp6hniAKHw

Best live band I've ever seen:

🎶 Well just the other night I come home
After three months of constant grind & travel
& I went snivelling
I went crawling around to my girlfriend's house
& she came down hard upon me
& she ground her finger into my breastbone
& she said
"You don't make me feel... like I'm a woman... anymore" 🎶

3/4

Hey! It's #FortnightFridayMusic 🎉

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #breakups
Song: If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
By: Mental As Anything
Link: https://youtu.be/pHE9-56b-Lk

The Mentals when they were all still young (and alive)

🎶 Words were exchanged last night
You could call it a fight
It's such a shame, I never thought we would
Wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't so good
I've had enough of that
With other loves in days gone by
It wasn't much I know
Mmm just enough, enough to make me cry 🎶

2/4

Join us for the “Fortnight Friday Music” Event on the Fediverse!

The word is “Breakups”

Hashtag: #FortnightFridayMusic
Hosted by: @bborn @MarkIngs
Subject: #Breakups
Selection: Anymore
Artist: #Dgar
Song Link: https://soundcloud.com/dgarmusic/anymore
Context: https://mindly.social/@bborn/115703567518413723

This song has been sitting in pre-release on #Soundcloud for years now.

Anymore
~ Dgar.

To my heart you had the key.
You took away my dignity.
It took me this long to see,
what the fuck you're doing to me.

Tie me down, suburban chains.
Keep me standing in the rain.
I think you must like the pain.
You are driving me insane.
Insane!

In my face you slam the door,
Kick my brains across the floor, 
I won't take it anymore,
Anymore!

Ask me to be your spouse,
Lead me you, you dirty louse, 
Armed gunmen in your house,
Dissect my life, like a mouse,

Why did you make it so hard?
Prowlers creeping in the dark.
Setting traps in your backyard.
Lock yourself behind bars.
Yeah!

In my face you slam the door. 
Kick my brains across the floor. 
I won't take it anymore.
Anymore. 
Anymore.
Anymore.
Anymore.

#Music #DgarMusic

#FortnightFridayMusic

Hosts: @MarkIngs @bborn
Subject: #breakups
Song: Sorry
By: Butterfingers
Link: https://youtu.be/Iphd6H2XnSQ

🎶 River city girls are shitty now they all scoff me
I do not have the time to take you all out to coffee
Sorry, just trying to be honest with ya
You can call me motherfucker till I get the picture
Cap me, slap me, diss in a rap me
You can call me motherfucker that'll make me happy
I'll just ask around till I've found your mum's address
And believe me I will call 🎶

1/4

I keep wondering: why am I holding onto his WhatsApp? Is it because I want to see if he’ll still think of me on every birthday, every Christmas, every New Year’s message? Or maybe — I’m still holding onto a fragment of hope. A hope that he might come back.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-gay-love-i-finally-learned-to-let-go-of-7dbf45ee2cdf

#LGBTQ #Gay #LostLove #Breakups

Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic by @MarkIngs.

The word for Dec 05 is "Yank"

Post with the hashtag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our amazing artist, NO-AI @romanalanwrites

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Dec 19 #Zombie

Also, Join us next week for #FortnightFridayMusic

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Dec 12 #Breakups
Dec 26 #Apathy

¡Boop!:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen

#music

Join us for #FortnightFridayMusic by @MarkIngs
The word for Nov 28 is "Captive"

Post with the hashtag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our amazing artist NO-AI @romanalanwrites

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Dec 12 #Breakups
Dec 26 #Apathy

Also, Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic next week.
Upcoming word are:
Dec 05 #Yank
Dec 19 #Zombie

Notorious Nags😼:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen

#music

I just reviewed Flying Solo by Linda Holmes📚

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flying-solo/

#independence #grief #secondchances #love #family #smalltowns #NewEngland #Maine #friendships #relationships #marriage #breakups #familysecrets #selfdiscovery #contemporaryfiction

I just reviewed Flying Solo by Linda Holmes📚

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flying-solo/

#independence #grief #secondchances #love #family #smalltowns #NewEngland #Maine #friendships #relationships #marriage #breakups #familysecrets #selfdiscovery #contemporaryfiction

I just reviewed Flying Solo by Linda Holmes📚

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flying-solo/

#independence #grief #secondchances #love #family #smalltowns #NewEngland #Maine #friendships #relationships #marriage #breakups #familysecrets #selfdiscovery #contemporaryfiction

I just reviewed Flying Solo by Linda Holmes📚

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/flying-solo/

#independence #grief #secondchances #love #family #smalltowns #NewEngland #Maine #friendships #relationships #marriage #breakups #familysecrets #selfdiscovery #contemporaryfiction

Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic by @MarkIngs.

The word for Nov 21 is "Xer (generation)"

Post with the hashtag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our amazing artist, NO-AI @romanalanwrites

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Dec 05 #Yank
Dec 19 #Zombie

Also, Join us next week for #FortnightFridayMusic

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Nov 28 #Captive
Dec 12 #Breakups

¡Boop!:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen

#music

Join us for #FortnightFridayMusic by @MarkIngs
The word for Nov 14 is "Defend"

Post with the hashtag and tell us about a #song with a title, lyric, theme or meaning related to the word.

Thanks to our amazing artist NO-AI @romanalanwrites

Upcoming biweekly words are:
Nov 28 #Captive
Dec 12 #Breakups

Also, Join in the biweekly #AlternateFridayMusic next week.
Upcoming word are:
Nov 21 #Xer (generation)
Dec 05 #Yank

Notorious Nags😼:
@dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago @alfvaen

#music

Researchers identify a critical threshold for relationship #breakups via PsyPost:

"The study suggested that couples tend to separate when their relationship satisfaction falls to about 65% of the maximum possible score. This threshold marks a critical point at which dissatisfaction becomes too great to maintain the relationship."

cf. https://www.psypost.org/researchers-identify-a-critical-threshold-for-relationship-breakups/

#RelationshipPsych

Sister Wives' Robyn: "Deep Depression" Amid Kody's Divorces, Sells Flagstaff Home

#Arizona #breakups #depression #Robyn #SisterWives
https://blazetrends.com/sister-wives-robyn-deep-depression-amid-kodys-divorces-sells-flagstaff-home/?fsp_sid=145852

I just reviewed The Paradise Charade by TB Markinson and Miranda McLeod📚

#fakedating #fakefiancée #Jamaica #secrets #family #cousins
#breakups #trust #fallinginlove #wlw #onenightstand #onebed #healing #secondchance @IHeartSapphFic

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-paradise-charade/

I just reviewed The Paradise Charade by TB Markinson and Miranda McLeod📚

#fakedating #fakefiancée #Jamaica #secrets #family #cousins
#breakups #trust #fallinginlove #wlw #onenightstand #onebed #healing #secondchance @IHeartSapphFic

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-paradise-charade/

I just reviewed The Paradise Charade by TB Markinson and Miranda McLeod📚

#fakedating #fakefiancée #Jamaica #secrets #family #cousins
#breakups #trust #fallinginlove #wlw #onenightstand #onebed #healing #secondchance @IHeartSapphFic

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-paradise-charade/

I just reviewed The Paradise Charade by TB Markinson and Miranda McLeod📚

#fakedating #fakefiancée #Jamaica #secrets #family #cousins
#breakups #trust #fallinginlove #wlw #onenightstand #onebed #healing #secondchance @IHeartSapphFic

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-paradise-charade/

I just reviewed The Paradise Charade by TB Markinson and Miranda McLeod📚

#fakedating #fakefiancée #Jamaica #secrets #family #cousins
#breakups #trust #fallinginlove #wlw #onenightstand #onebed #healing #secondchance @IHeartSapphFic

https://womenusingwords.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/the-paradise-charade/

‘Love Island USA’ Winner Amaya Confirms Breakup With Bryan

Photo: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images It looks like the glass slipper broke on its way back from…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #AmayaEspinal #breakups #BryanArenales #celebrity #celebrityrelationships #Entertainment #loveisland #LoveIslandUSA #loveislandusaseason7 #neversaidiwasperfect #relationships
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/115223/

‘Love Island USA’ Winner Amaya Confirms Breakup With Bryan

Photo: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images It looks like the glass slipper broke on its way back from…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #TV #AmayaEspinal #breakups #BryanArenales #celebrity #celebrityrelationships #Entertainment #loveisland #LoveIslandUSA #loveislandusaseason7 #neversaidiwasperfect #relationships
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/115223/

‘Love Island USA’ Winner Amaya Confirms Breakup With Bryan

Photo: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images It looks like the glass slipper broke on its way back from…
#NewsBeep #News #TV #AmayaEspinal #breakups #BryanArenales #CA #Canada #Celebrity #celebrityrelationships #Entertainment #loveisland #loveislandusa #loveislandusaseason7 #neversaidiwasperfect #Relationships
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/102270/

A Senseless Breakup As a Zen Koan

She put me in an impossible situation, and gave me the gift of a koan.

I’m still reeling from the worst breakup of my life. Well, the worst breakup so far. There’s no telling if something even worse will come some day. It’s been almost two years, but last night a song came up and I cried anew. Sometimes, it is like it happened yesterday.

I don’t go into relationships reservedly. This is true with everyone. My current boyfriend. My ex-wife. And the girl who is the topic of this piece. So, without reservations, I gave her everything I could give her. Most of all, I gave her my ability to listen, and my patience. How were my ability to listen and my patience useful?

She engaged in self-harm. The scars were plainly visible during our first date. She answered truthfully when I asked about them.

She abused substances. She was truthful about this, too.

She did not follow her medication regimen. She told me so, truthfully.

She flat out told me, months before our breakup, that she did not see a future for us. This was her truth.

I listened patiently to all of this, without flying off the handle. I don’t know what anger would have given me, beyond an immediate and short-lived feeling of satisfaction. If anything, it would most likely have ruined our relationship sooner. It actually almost did. One day, we had an argument in which she denied the existence of racism. I could not tolerate this, and so I flew off the handle.

She saw me as her abusive mother, and I triggered her cPTSD. I did not physically harm her – I would never have done this – but my yelling was enough. She ran out of my apartment to cool down. I was so horrified at my reaction that I decided to break up with her. She came back saying that if we worked on our relationship, we could make things work. I accepted her offer and we came back together.

Her denial of racism punched me in the gut. I’m the type of enby who will readily cry if he sees black parents on the news talk about the senseless assassination of their child by cops. I live in a majority black neighborhood. Heck, my boyfriend is black. Denying obvious racism is an excellent way to get me to explode. I’m not proud of this, but it was the truth (and maybe still is the truth). This is the only time I displayed anger with her.

The life I had lived with my ex-wife prior to our divorce was extremely peaceful… and I daresay now too peaceful for growth. The partners I’ve had after my divorce have taught me so much. I am already enlightened. Anger is not generally a useful emotion. Anger is a choice that I am making. Etc. If the girl I’m talking about denied racism today, I’d hope that I wouldn’t fly off the handle. Still, I’m not sure that even today, I’d be able to handle it peacefully. It is such a gut punch.

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Okay. So, I said that she gave me the gift of a koan. What is a koan? It is a device that Zen practitioners use. Some koans are textual. Here is an example of a textual koan:

What is the sound of one hand clapping?

In order to answer the question, a Zen student encountering this koan will typically try to think their way through it, and will fail miserably. It is possible to answer this koan, but not through discursive stratagems. There are many such textual koans in the Zen tradition. There is, however, another type of koan. I don’t think I’m being original here, but I’m going to call this a life koan. It is a situation that grips you deeply in your gut. It is unsatisfactory, and maybe unresolvable.

When this girl broke up with me, she did put me into an impossible situation. When our relationship was firing on all cylinders, it was pure magic. I had adored her, and given her everything I could give, and yet… this was not enough.

Why?

Oh, I can list dozens of reasons, but these reasons are all bullshit. She did give me reasons, but a few weeks after our breakup she revealed to me, from her own mouth, that her reasons were lies. How far had we fallen from her initial truthfulness?

Thus, it is, that almost two years after our breakup. I wrestle with this koan: why did she leave me? I don’t think this question has a satisfactory answer. This koan is a parting gift that she gave me, inadvertently. Still, it is a gift, and one that I will most likely animate my Zen practice to my death.

#anger #AutisticWriters #breakups #koan #listening #love #patience #relationships #YourAutisticLife #Zen #ZenBuddhism