Is the Movie 'The Break-Up' Hitting a Little Too Close to Home? Hollywood Baby Boom Turns into Break-Up Boom

Celebrity break ups seem to be on the rise these days. But it doesn’t matter if you are the hottest celebrity or the girl-next-door. Breaking up hurts!

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2006 -- Jennifer Aniston? Jessica Simpson? Denise Richards? Heather Locklear? While some of Hollywood’s hottest couples are celebrating the birth of new babies, many are parting ways. Hollywood’s latest movie, The Break-Up, highlights the struggles that come with breaking up. The movie’s storyline: After Brooke (Aniston) calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary (Vaughn), neither person is willing to move out of their shared condo. Taking the advice of friends and confidants (and a few strangers), they engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee -- until they both realize they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive. Sound familiar? Whether you are famous or the average Jane, every heart needs to mend after a break up -- enter The Break Up Recovery Kit designed to help heal a broken heart and lift the spirits of the broken-hearted.

“After a break up, you really feel terrible -- sad, scared, terrified that you are going to be single forever,” said Heidi Niehart, DatingHallofShame.com founder. “Whether the relationship lasted for years or months, there are hurt feelings and unanswered dreams that get shattered. The Break Up Recovery Kit is designed to lift spirits, get rid of the remnants of your relationship and come out refreshed and ready to start dating again.”

The Break Up Recovery Kit contains everything needed to indulge in a little pity party, rejuvenate the mind and body and return to the dating scene recharged, ready to put forth new energy and attitude:
·    Purse Tote
·    Wash the Date Away Bubble Bath
·    Mesh Bath Pouf
·    Heart Chocolates
·    Tissues
·    Heart Pen
·    Little Black Book
·    Heart Nail Polish
·    Heart Lip Balm
·    Dating Affirmations
·    Official Entry Form for the Dating Hall of Shame

Niehart, dating and relationship writer and author of Quiche and Tell: Advice and Recipes for Singles, is also the founder of http://www.Datinghallofshame.com. The site is a forum for people to share bad date stories, get dating advice and learn how to recover from a bad date or relationship. She offers the following break up recovery tips:

· Have a support network in place to help you over the initial few weeks of shock. After three months, if you are constantly focusing on the break up and “what-ifs” seek professional help. You are beyond the stage of needing your hand-held and positive affirmations from your friends. You need to figure out why you can’t let go.

·There is no set time to mourn a relationship, but the longer you were in it and the older you are, it tends to hurt more. This is especially true if you haven’t reached all your hopes from the relationship, whether it is marriage, children or something else.

·Women tend to turn to pints of ice cream and chick flicks, guys to pints of beer and young chicks. Instead of trying to dull the pain with sugar, liquor and sex, try and learn something from the end of the relationship. It doesn’t have to be some great “a-ha” point, but anything you can glean that will help your next relationship is a success.

·Do not stalk your ex. As tempting as it is to know every detail, it is not worth the pain of knowing. Do you really want to know they are dating your look-alike (or your best friend)? Sleeping around? No!

·Although tearing him out of all your pictures, or running over her pink frilly bedspread seems like it would help. It won’t! Doing vengeful things to your former partner only gives more fuel for initiating the break up. Instead, be civil and graceful. Do you really want to be with someone that has cheated, or is not living up to your ideals? Maybe one person initiated the break up, but the signs have been there for a while. Rarely do break ups happen out-of-the-blue. Usually one person has been living in denial too long and just feels like the rug has been pulled out from under them.

·Re-evaluate your list. Everyone has a list of what they are looking for in a significant other. Post break up is a good time to re-evaluate your priorities. Priorities tend to change as you get older but people tend to stick to the same list. If you are interested in finding someone to get married and have children, then dating a 19-year old is probably not going to get you there anytime soon.

·It’s okay to date just to date. You do not need to launch head first into your next committed relationship. Try a few different types – go out with someone at least 2-3 times (unless they are rude, mean or just plain scary). There are too many things going against a first date (nerves, jitters, bad-date flashbacks) to just write someone off after only one date.

·The cardinal rule – Never date your friend’s ex. Period.

“Whatever you do, do not let your break-up become too big to fit in your carry-on relationship baggage,” says Niehart. “Take the most important lesson from your former relationship and fold it neatly in your bag. Toss the rest behind. Do not live in the past but use it as a tool to make your future better.

The Break Up Recovery Kit is a fun gift for anyone going through a difficult dating period. The Kit is available on http://www.datinghallofshame.com/pages/articles.htm for $19.95. Other gifts include Quiche and Tell: Advice and Recipes for Singles, offering dating and relationship advice, or the Official Certificate inducts your date into the Dating Hall of Shame.

http://www.datinghallofshame.com/pages/about.htm is for frustrated daters to commiserate over relationship woes, enter a personal dating story, share a laugh, and get advice. The Dating Hall of Shame - Where Bad Dates Become Legends! For information, mystory @ DatingHallofShame.com or 619-249-3868.

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