18 Beautiful Life Lessons That Breakups Teach Us

“Good friends can be bad partners. Incompatibility is a real thing. No one has to be a douche for a relationship to fail.” — DefenestrationPraha

“Don’t be scared to embarrass yourself by putting your feelings out there. There are many thing worse than embarrassment, specifically regret.” — unstopablex5

“Sometimes you can do everything right and it still doesn’t work out.” — BillieRubenCamGirl

“Don’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. If someone is making you miserable, don’t just take it in order to make them happier.” — IdPopACapinSancho

“There’s absolutely nothing you can do to make someone love you again.” — olives1234

“It’s not healthy when your happiness revolves solely around another person.” — GeneralTuber

“I didn’t realize that it was possible to be completely oblivious to how toxic someone is until you’re removed from the situation. My ex portrayed himself as the victim in every situation and it took me a long time to realize that my feelings were also valid. He convinced me that I was an evil person who caused every problem he ever had in his life. As a person who has always been mostly self-confident and independent, I never could have predicted that I would let that happen.” — [deleted]

“You can’t coast along for years hoping to find a compromise on an issue where there is no compromise. (I wanted kids more than anything, she wouldn’t even consider the idea, we both hoped the other would just… change) Deal with issues when they arise.” — umbr360

“Don’t ever beg them to come back. It’s not gonna be the same, you’re gonna break up again, and you’re gonna deeply cringe whenever you think about it in the future.” — [deleted]

“That if someone isn’t willing to put in the same amount of time and effort in a relationship it won’t work out.” — Zear1337

“Don’t ignore lies early on in the relationship. If they lie about minor stuff they’ll sure as hell lie about major shit down the road.” — Hopglock

“At the beginning all you remember are her mistakes that made the relationship fail. At the end you remember all of your mistakes. Moving on means acknowledging that it took two to make the relationship great and two to break it up.” — MadLabBabs

“Just because the sex is amazing doesn’t mean the relationship is.” — Rastaphobic

“Just because nothing was wrong, doesn’t mean everything was all right.” — KuyaMarjun

“If your gut tells you this person is lying and it doesn’t feel right then usually it isn’t.” — sinnerthefifteenth

“Breakups are good. Every relationship either ends with you being happy together or breaking up. So if you breakup, it means you are now free to find the person you are meant to be happy with.” — KuyaMarjun

“If they cheat on you, leave them. If they did it once, they’ll do it again.” — PendantWhistle1

“Your current partner is not to blame for what happened in your last relationship.” — darkeagle71

“Life goes on. It sucks at first but things tend to go upwards from there.” — azatarain