I’ll be the first one to admit this shortcoming: break ups make me uneasy. There’s just something about the giving and receiving of bad relationship news that doesn’t sit well with me. I mean, think about it; is there really another conversation that’s more uncomfortable? I can’t think of a single one.

“I think we should spend some time apart.”As the words left her mouth, I could literally feel the life being sucked out of my body. Sir Isaac Newton once said that “for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction,” … but I didn’t think he meant this.