How to Feel Better: A Breakup Diary

How to Feel Better: A Breakup Diary

Yesterday I had a breakthrough

And it made me totally rethink my romantic relationship

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Ariane Sherine
Nov 26, 2025
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My breakthrough did not come from looking out of the window. Photo by Cássio Jardim on Unsplash.

I felt like a muppet after yesterday’s post about us only having broken up once — because we then broke up again!

I promise this is true, and isn’t just a way to spin out the blog. Because who even does that? This blog now makes me £297 a month, for which I’m very grateful, as it pays for my food and water bills.

But I’d like to think people subscribe not because of sensationalism, but because it’s interesting and funny and insightful. (Get me, being all big-headed! I don’t even have that big a head, my hat size is only 55cm.)

So I’ll tell you why I wanted to leave him, and why I didn’t.

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