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					Originally Posted by PhiMuAmberkins
					
				 
				Why do people always feel the need to say this when you've just broken up with your significant other?  Maybe it's to boost my self-esteem...but all I hear is "You set your standards too low and you should try harder next time."  And maybe I didn't want to do better!  Grrr...sorry, I was just wondering if this made anyone else a little peeved, especially during the "wallowing in self-pity and melancholy" phase of the breakup. 
			
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 I think that's exactly what it is. friends tend to say things to chear up other friends after a broken relationship to keep their minds off of it.