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"We&amp;#039;ve all been there. A friend is crying because her boyfriend forgot their anniversary, jokingly called her fat, or worse--cheated on her. She swears that she&amp;#039;s going to actually break up with him this time because she deserves better. You encourage her awesome confidence, confirm his jerk status, and tell her you&amp;#039;ll be waiting outside to take her out for Ben and Jerry&amp;#039;s after she makes the call. But she never breaks up with him. They spend a few hours talking and he vows to change. Some type of kiss and make-up thing occurs and you now look like an idiot for ever calling him a jerk. Two weeks later, it&amp;#039;s the same thing all over again. These toxic break-up-only-to-make-up relationships don&amp;#039;t do anybody any good. I know because I let myself be in one. My freshman year in college, I dated a 24-year-old journalism grad student. I thought he was the smartest guy I&amp;#039;d ever met--with Simpsons jokes, a love for classic literature, and hot abs to boot. But he never called me his &amp;quot;girlfriend&amp;quot; (even after staying at my dorm for a week while visiting schools in New York) or even bother to really listen when I talked to him (&amp;quot;You write for your school paper?&amp;quot; he&amp;#039;d ask in a surprised tone every time we saw each other). He also had this really frustrating habit of always speaking to me in this condescending tone (&amp;quot;I doubt you&amp;#039;ve heard of this, but\u2026&amp;quot;). I found out much later that he was cheating on me the entire time. To him, I was just an ego boost--a young girl easily impressed by his analysis of New York Times articles (and the fact that he actually read the paper). He thought I was just another stupid girl who got excited every time he name-dropped a Dostoevsky novel. It&amp;#039;s too bad I realize this now, but the only stupid thing I did was not break up with him sooner. And to be quite honest, he broke up with me. I know I&amp;#039;m not the only one regretting a bum boyfriend. Even celebrities make the same mistake. Remember Jessica Simpson and John Mayer&amp;#039;s rocky relationship? And the photos of him making her cry when they vacationed in Cabo? Take it from me--no one is worth your tears. If you&amp;#039;re unsure of your boyfriend&amp;#039;s bum status, take this quiz. I&amp;#039;m single now and having the time of my life. I don&amp;#039;t mind waiting until I meet a guy who will treat me right--and you shouldn&amp;#039;t either! Have you dated a bum boyfriend? XOXO, Yelena CG! Intern "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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