Don't Say That Name Again

There's one simple way of dealing with this situation:
Stop referring to him as your ex. Truth of the matter is; he probably won't be permanently out of your life for a long, long, long time. So, what you need to do is think of him as

A) A jerk to you.

B) A jerk to your friends.

C) Claire's boyfriend.

And when you take this point of view on him, instead of someone you were once the closest to, and infatuated with, you shall see that he's just another person in your life. One of whom's impact upon your life is based solely on you from this point on [:

Did that make sense..? Or was I too confusing :P

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