How Boys Get Over a Broken Heart
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Find Comfort in Friendships
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Remember the people who stand by you in good times and in bad. Hang out with your friends, especially those friends without girlfriends. Avoid spending too much time with friends who have also just broken up. You don't want to inadvertently start a self-pity club. Go back to doing the things you and your friends did before you had a girlfriend. It will remind you that you didn't need her before to be happy and you can be happy again without her. There are other girls out there. But until you are in a good place, mentally and emotionally, you really aren't ready to go looking for your next girlfriend. And there will be a next.
Develop New Interests
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Losing a girlfriend is a change in your life. So maybe it's time to embrace change and start looking at yourself. Now is the time to expand your horizons, to add new interests. We are, after all, a sum of our experiences, our actions and of those things we have interest in. Look at losing a girlfriend as gaining free time to try things that perhaps she wasn't interested in. Look into activities offered at community recreation centers or the YMCA. If it's summer, consider going to a summer camp for a new experience.
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Meet New People
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One of the best ways to forget one person is to meet new people. Go ahead an meet new girls, but go with the intent of just meeting girls as friends. You don't want to find yourself in a rebound trap. That can double your misery later on. Worse, it can develop a pattern for you. Instead, consider this an opportunity to get to know girls better just as girls. Certainly, it will make future relationships easier the better you understand the female mind.
In going out to meet girls, avoid meeting the same type of girl. If your last girlfriend was a cheerleader, don't hang out where cheerleaders hang out. Instead, try meeting girls who are math wizards or girls who are interested in agriculture. Look for someone completely different to form a friendship with. This way, if it turns out you and a new girl are right for each other, you'll know it's not because she's a carbon copy replacement for your previous girlfriend.
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