Most people’s idea of a new years resolution is too give up something that they feel is a bad influence on their lives. Some decide to ditch the fags, others quit drinking and most of us join the gym in a bid to shift the 20 stone that we managed to put on over Christmas. In my circle of friends however, top of the list seems to be giving up your other half.
It is only 4 weeks into 2011 and I already have a string of heartbroken girlfriends to comfort with liters of wine and tones of chocolate (not helping my own resolution of course which was to eat only dim sum and noodles until I could walk into Topshop and actually leave with something). Of course there is never a good time to break up with someone, but January does seem to be the favored month for shedding your partner. As if it wasn’t depressing enough already.
Perhaps it’s that New Year mentality. The kind that makes you think “this is the year I sort my life out” or “I will defiantly give up meat this year, I didn’t manage it last year or the one before that but this year I’ll do it for sure!”. But like these, and many of our other ill timed resolutions, will we cave in and revert back to our old flames in time for Valentines Day? Or, with the help of friends and perhaps a new addiction to replace the old one, are we really quitting them for good?
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