It’s breakup season — truly sad but, sadly, true. High school sweethearts are giving back each other’s letter jacket, while the long-distance bunch have found the “if you can make it past Thanksgiving…” maxim a difficult deadline to meet. And it isn’t going to get any better from here: January is National Breakup Month.
How do you console a friend going through a bad breakup? First, remind them that, just the other month, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williamsbroke up — and if a couple who met on a movie set can’t make it work, then by god, what does that mean for us mere mortals? Then, give them The Breakup Basket.
The Breakup Basket has the essentials to cheer up your mourning friend: a trashy read, a tape of their favorite Demetri Martin jokes — whatever works. We here at Life & Style put together a few ideas of our own. Click the green dots on each item to see who put it in and how it will make your friend forget their ex… and realize that Heath is now on the market.
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