Dear Abby,

My boyfriend and I broke up just a couple days ago and I'm wondering what is the next step? How do I get over him?

Broken in Brillion

Dear Broken,

If this break-up is for real, I would quit all contact with him cold turkey. Try to stay off of Facebook to avoid writing angry status updates, dont post stuff like "I love my life now that the one thing holding me back is gone" (just as an example) because obviously with a post like that....he's going to know you're hurting, but you'd rather be the mature strong one. Also, don't text or call him. Cut off contact at least for a while until you are strong enough to be civil with each other.