http://www.breakupgirl.net "Saving Love Lives The World Over!" Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:28:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...to those who celebrate it -- and to anyone else who needs it. :) See you Friday! http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4629 A smart, funny, brave, and devoted pop culture acolyte, writer/comedienne/member of US Weekly Fashion Police (!!!) Wendy Shanker first won us over with her wise and witty 2004 book The Fat Girl's Guide to Life, which explores the complex reality of being a healthy, plus-sized woman in a world that ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4553 MSN.com, Match.com, HappenMagazine.com: they’re in a healthy and satisfying 3-way relationship. Meaning that you can find MSN/Match.com’s “Ask Lynn” columns –penned by BG’s alter ego — over at Happen now as well. This week Lynn hears from Need Lots of Help, who probably only needs a little help. She writes: I try ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4625 The engagement is off on April 20, 1998... Dear Breakup Girl, I broke up with my fiance, whom I had been with for seven years, via letter last November. (Via letter because doing it face-to-face or by phone would have resulted in one of our world-famous knockdown dragout screaming battles... anyway, that's ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4610 MTV + Foursquare + STD testing = a cool move in an effort to destigmatize taking care of your sexual health. Getting yourself tested should be as routine, and frankly, as Tweetable, as getting yourself a latte. I like! http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4604 On stands today: Riverdale's "hot new guy," who's gay. Yes, that Riverdale, home of Archie, Jughead, Betty, and now Kevin, who is really, really, not interested in Veronica. As comics fans first heard in the spring, "the most mainstream, Middle-American comic book" -- which last made headlines with a good ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4594 Laura Shumaker is a writer whose 23-year-old son has autism. He wants to connect with the world, but isn't sure how -- at least not according to unwritten social law and convention. In a clear, spare guest post at Motherlode about a puzzling (to him) non-incident involving a hotel, a ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4580 Negotiating the peace on April 20, 1998... Dear Breakup Girl, I happened upon your site the morning after my girlfriend dumped me. Your advice columns (and seeing that "I'm not the only one") have really helped me through this. I hadn't been in any kind of romantic relationship for four or five ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4577 Eternal questions from April 20, 1998... Dear Breakup Girl, Staying friends: mature or masochistic? My ex wants very much for us to be friends, and I'm a little torn over it. I can't imagine not seeing or speaking to him. It would be like cutting off a limb. But I'm finding myself ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4574 From BG's alter ego, writing in the New York Daily News: What was that alligator doing running loose last weekend in Queens? Perhaps officials should question my mother. When my father was courting her, which was back when people still said "courting," he spent a summer teaching in Florida. That was also ... http://www.breakupgirl.net/?p=4569