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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Lily Silverton

Life Coach: how to be happy for your ex

Dear Lily, my ex is getting married and I’m crushed. How do I get over it and be genuinely happy for them?

Dear reader, it’s okay to feel sad when an ex is getting married. They were an important part of your life, it’s normal to have residual emotions. Even if you’ve moved on (as you explain in your longer letter, you have, and are married) an engagement can still trigger old feelings. It might feel like you’re going to feel this way forever — you won’t. Here are a few things to speed up moving on.

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