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"Simply put, breaking up sucks the big one&amp;#8212;especially if you&amp;#39;re the dumpee. That&amp;#39;s why it&amp;#39;s always good to have a strong support system around you at all times. Sometimes you just need to vent; other times you need an outside perspective and/or someone to stop you from doing something irreversibly stupid. Whatever the reason, who&amp;#39;s your lifeline when relationship s**t starts hitting the fan?\nPinterestFacebookWoman in bed talking on telephone\nPHOTO: Getty Images/Goodshoot RFWhen I&amp;#39;m really rocked by something relationship-related, I pick up the phone and call my mom, a.k.a, DGM. I know that in the depths of my misery, I can say all sorts of outrageous things (i.e. &amp;quot;No one will ever love me again&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m moving to Istanbul and you can&amp;#39;t stop me&amp;quot;). That&amp;#39;s, of course, assuming she can make out my words between my heaving sobs. More often than not, she can&amp;#39;t, and I have to keep repeating myself, which totally makes it worse. Ugh.\nSo, take a moment and think about it. Who do you call when you need to cry or yell it out?\nWho do you call when you&amp;#39;re going through a breakup or having relationship issues?\nHow did you vote and why? What does that one person offer you that helps you through?\nRainy day reading for the breakup blues:\n\nTry This For Getting Over a Break Up: The Emotional Palate Cleanser (A Tip From How I Met Your Mother)\n\n\n10 Signs Your Relationship Probably Isn&amp;#39;t Going to Work\n\n\n[6 of The Best Ways to Heal a Broken Heart\n\n](http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2011/12/6-of-the-best-ways-to-heal-a-b.html)\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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