10 Signs You Are Over Your Ex

No matter how you look at it breaking up with your partner is never easy, especially if you have been together for more than a few months. If you have dated your partner for more than a few months, you have gotten attached to him. You have learned his likes and dislikes and his little quirks. Now you have to figure out a way to get over him and move on. How do you know when you are truly over him, though?

Looking at men and making comments about how good looking they are or how much you would like to date them is a sure fire way to know you are over your ex. You are definitely ready to start dating again.

Deleting his phone number and email address from your contact list shows you no longer want contact with him. You have cut him out of your life and no longer want to talk to him on the phone or email him. You refuse to contact him no matter what.

Getting rid of any gifts he gave you is another sign that you are moving on. You wish to have no reminders of him hanging around the house whether it is an article of clothing, flowers, or whatever it may be.

When you were dating him, you thought about him day and night, every hour and second of the day. You thought about what you would talk about on the phone, what your plans were for the weekend, and how much you really liked him. However, now that he is gone, you can make it through the day without thinking about him. Instead, you are thinking about how you can meet a new man or how you will spend your weekend doing what you want to do.

Another way to tell you are over your ex is that you see pictures of him in your scrapbook and you don't think anything about it. You consider him to be just another memory, and that memory is long gone.

When you were dating some places became special places for you and your partner. Maybe you had a special restaurant where you dined or a special movie theater where you viewed a favorite movie. Right after you broke up, you avoided these places because you didn't want to be reminded of him. Now, however, you are not afraid of returning to these places because you have forgotten all about him.

Love movies, the mushy ones, used to be your favorite type of movie. You watched them on your own while dating your partner and every once in a while you could talk him into watching a chick flick with you. However, as you went through the breakup, you had no desire to see a man and a woman gushing over each other. Once you can begin watching love movies again, you are moving on.

Seeing the bad in people is not always easy, especially when you are in love. For some reason love blinds you from seeing your partner's flaws. You are so in love that you only see the good. Later, when you are no longer together, you really think about those flaws and realize the breakup was for the best. You realize he was all wrong for you and didn't deserve to have a woman like you.

You are no longer bothered by the fact that he is looking for someone new or is even dating someone else now. You see his new date and him at a local restaurant and ignore them pretending they aren't even there.

Finally, the best sign of knowing you are over your ex is that you proudly announce, "I'm single!" Being single again has its good and bad points. You can do whatever you want whenever you want, and you don't have to worry about answering to anyone but yourself. Of course, being single again means you could be alone more, especially if your friends are married and busy with their children. Even if you are a single parent yourself, loneliness still sets in when your children are with the other parent so you have to find ways to keep yourself busy and enjoy being single.