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5 ways to make your partner regret breaking up with you

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Sep 18, 2021, 12:00 IST
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5 ways to make your partner regret breaking up with you

You have been rejected and are hurting because your partner dumped you for some unknown reason or a reason that does not make sense or doesn’t sit well with you. You want them to regret it without being obvious about it? These 5 ways may be able to help you make your ex regret breaking up with you.

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Hold back on the yelling

Do not give into the impulse of yelling at him and snapping at him. Instead talk about how things have changed for the better for you ever since you broke up. Be subtle, do not go overboard. Don’t spare his feelings.

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Remain confident

Have a confident body language. Your eyes should smile, your grin should be as it always was. It is difficult, agreed, but it really bites the one who broke up with you. Your face and body speak louder than words if you are not happy and if the confidence is gone. Meet your friends, socialise, pursue your hobbies, whatever you liked before and love to do. It will make you glow and heal from within anyway.

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No messaging/ calling

You do not contact the person who broke up with you. Instead, you let him/her grow curious. Give the person enough space to miss you, wonder what you might be up to and provoke curiosity in them. Drive him/her crazy!

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Pictures and socialise

Take pictures when you go out, click some Instagram worthy pics and socialise. Meet people, catch up with friends and go all out. The fact that you can survive without the ex and still have fun is enough to make him/her regret breaking up with you.

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Makeover

Cut your hair or change your hairstyle, work on yourself and do all that you had been putting on the back burner. A small makeover does not just make the other person curious but you yourself feel good about yourself. It also works on your confidence level.

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