My son called me from college last night. He was sad because the girl he had been seeing has decided it would be wise to break off their romance. He had seen it coming, because they were going to different colleges with a large distance between them. When they first started dating they had talked about how this might happen, and they agreed that they would still be friends afterwards. But that is harder to actually DO than SAY!
So, we talked about some different strategies on surviving the break up. We talked about how he needed to take some time to heal emotionally, and avoid any kind of rebound romance.