This week’s advice (08/13/07)

Submitted by Lisa Steadman on August 15, 2007 - 9:19 am

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Violet writes: How do I exorcise my ex from my life and move on? What about if he owes me a lot of money or a valuable item?

The Relationship Journalist says: When a relationship ends, unfortunately we don’t always walk away with everything we walked into the relationship with.  Often times, money and/or valuable property becomes a casualty of the relationship ending.  And while that’s a less than desirable result of your breakup, you may have to accept the fact that you’ll never get your stuff or your money back.  Of course, you can try talking to your ex and trying to get your things back but I’m guessing you’ve already done that without success.  If the items are that valuable to you and your ex isn’t willing to negotiate you can always take him to court but that doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending either.  I guess what I’m saying is that like it or not, you may lose money and/or precious items as a result of your breakup.  While it can be an expensive and/or painful lesson, it shouldn’t keep you from healing and moving on with your life.