1. Remember looking at those home network shoes where they told you how to dispose of clutter in your home. These household television shows always told you to have three piles of your household goods. One of the piles should be labeled to keep. One of the piles should be label to donate to charity. One of the piles should be tossed. Since the relationship is over and there is no longer a relationship, the first two steps do not need to be attended to. However, the third choice should be adhered to. You should not keep anything that belongs to your ex in your apartment or on your person. There are places that allows for you to erase tatoos by a laser procedure if you had his name tatooed on your person. The bottom line is that if the relationship is over, then everything visible and tangible should be thrown away or tossed.

Depending on the length of time and the major efforts which includes relationship counseling, obtaining relationship advice will determine how easily you forget about your ex and to move on. Also the way that the relationship ended and the relationship problem can play a part in how you go about forgetting about your ex and getting more relationship help if needed. If a marriage relationship is to result then premarital counseling should be considered as well.

If the departure of the love relationship is mutual, then since there was somewhat of an understanding for the dissolution during the dating stage. You should not have a difficult time forgetting about your ex especially if marriage infidelity was involved. If you were in silent tears and cried alone once you realized that the marriage problems caused the relationship to be over, then you may have a problem forgetting about your ex. At this point in what used to be a romantic relationship, if you have had problems, you should have found a place to retreat into the solace of your own interests and activities. However, if you just don't know what to do with your relationship breakup and find yourself befuddled with relationship issues and unable to forget about your ex, here are some free relationship advice.

2. Love advice is needed to get your feelings for your ex. behind you. If you thought that you were truly in love, dating tips include  occupying  yourself with other activities that do not remind you of previous dates with him. Start to frequent singles bars and include friends of the same interest.  You are in the process of trying to forget your ex. You will not forget you ex if you are constantly going to the same places that the both of you used to  frequent. Ending relationship is not an easy thing to do.  You need to develop a healthy relationship with a new founded you to forget about your ex.  You will have to find similar places that offer the same things that may still hold your interest even though you are no longer in the relationship. Habits are difficult to break but if you are earnestly trying to forget your ex, you will have to be creative in finding places that you can still frequent but will not remind you of your ex.

Also you can consult self-help books from counseling services, couples counseling and relationship counseling to read in your spare time while trying to forget about your ex.  If you know that the you were in a bad relationship, you may not need the self help books as the reason to end the relationship would have been obvious to the both of you.

 3.  Complete your college degree or go to a community college to pursue an associate degree.  Now that there will not be no more late night dinners or events together use your time wisely and pursue an educational improvement course or a recreational course of action with starting a hobby.  If you have been wanting to start a business. you can put your time to good use by taking business courses that are easily available to you online.  The idea here is to use your time promoting you instead of moping over something that has seen it ending.  Moping is a waste of time and if you can direct that time into something that you have been putting off, you will not keep thinking about your ex.

 4.  It is difficult to think of anyone but yourself if you are part of a relationship break up.  But you must think of others who are less fortunate and that way your attention will be diverted away from yourself.  Just the idea of helping and supporting those who can not fend for themselves will place you in a different mindset that is totally off of yourself and onto those who are less fortunate.  The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, and your local food banks are places that you can go to help others who are in need of a helping hand.  Print media as well as online information is readily available on Google to get you in contact with one of these mentioned or a charitable organization of your choice.  You will find that when you place your pesona and use your personality to help others, you will not think about your ex and will be able to start the process of forgetting any memories that seem to want to remain.

 5.  Once the relationship is over, you do not want to see the other party until you are well over the relationship and ready to chart new territories.  If you have been with the other party for a long length of time, more often than not, you will probably share some of the same friends and acquaintances.  You do not want to abruptly end any friendships but if you may see your ex because of the connection, you may want to plan accordingly.  Depending on the status of the relationship, you may be alright with seeing your ex again amongst shared friends.  But if you are having problems with how the relationship ended, then you want .to distance yourself from social events with shared friends that may put you in an uncomfortable situation.  Make the chance of  seeing your ex unlikely by using smart logistics.  Do not be at the wrong place at the wrong time and have to excuse yourself because the incident of seeing him again may have been too much for you.

 6. Have you ever beat yourself up because you thought an incident was your fault.  Even though the event may have happened in the past, because you took responsibility for the occurrence, you continue to blame yourself for any unfortunate results.  Stop. The relationship consist of two people and if things did not work out then the relationship break up was not your fault.  You could have been part of those relationship where you continually forgave any wrongdoings on the part of the other.  Yet when you saw him in an intimate position with your best friend, for example, you decided that your forgiving days were over.  Do not say over and over again that you should have forgiven your ex.  What you are doing is beating yourself up over something that he did to break up the relationship.  Put the blame where in belongs in the breakup of a relationship and invariably, the blame rests with the two people involved.

 7.  Celebrate your new found freedom by socializing as a single lady and be happy that you no longer had to deal with the complications of a relationship.  Relationships are beautiful when working but if there is a malfunction, the stressful relationship can bring you down physically and emotionally.  You are the captain of your ship and you control how you react to the situation of a relationship break.  Plan to celebrate your new found freedom with throwing a "Single Ladies" party and invite only single people.  Check your calendar for families birthdays and make a birthday gift to celebrate.  Celebrations are always fun occasions.  And unless you invite your ex to one of these parties, socializing is an excellent way to forget your ex.

8. Spend time on yourself, mind, body and soul. An outlet to go to college or to take self improvement courses at community college has been offered to enhance your mind. Lose a few pound to get into good physical shape. Everyone can stand to lose a few pounds and you are no exception. Join a gym or make your own exercise routine a part of your day. The gym membership is better if you are trying to forget your ex because you are surrounded by people. If you attend regular, you may meet a new friend there but that is not your goal at the moment. You want to take good care of yourself so that you will be in optimal physical and emotional condition if you choose to meet someone else. If you have not been to church in a while, you may want to attend to be around people and to ease your soul for comfort.

9.  Make a beauty appointment to have a manicure and a pedicure. Call your hair salon and change the color of your hair if you have been thinking of a makeover but put it off because you did not know what your ex would have thought about it. Be bold with your changes and be daring as you are dealing with you and do not have to explain why you changed anything about yourself. When you deal with your topical looks, believe it or not, you feel better about yourself and you begin to focus on someone other than your ex. It is not your new hair style or the massage that have your feeling better about yourself. It is the fact that you are doing something for you that makes you feel better about any situation. But for right now, since you are dealing with the relationship break up and trying to get over your ex, get gorgeous to help you forget him. Begin concentrating on things that are important to you and your well being.

 10.  By all means, you should not rush into another serious relationship. Again depending on the intenseness of your previous relationship, begin another relationship cautiously.  You do not want for the relationship mishaps to be so new that it is difficult to not talk to someone without mentioning a negative relationship experience.  You should never discuss past relationships with a current boyfriend because guys are pragmatic and think that you are preparing them for what to expect.  Guys rarely see themselves as  being all that loveable and it is easy for them to put themselves in your ex's position.  After you have thrown everthing out that reminds you of your ex, joined a few charities to help others, lost a few pounds, reunited with the church and have gotten gorgeous, you may want to connect to a new boyfriend.  As this is a new experience, be fair with him and do not put your ex's shortcoming on him.  Get to know him for who he is and for what attract you to him.  There is no easier way of forgetting an ex than to begin a whole new relationship, within a reasonable time and only when you are ready.