If all you can think about is getting an ex back, read on for some useful tips that may help you. While breaking up ranks with some of the worst experiences you can have in life, take heart from the fact it's the sort of thing that can make you more mature as a person as well as making you more responsible in dealing with stressful and emotional situations.

Indeed, the first thing to do is to get your emotions in check. Humility is something you need to learn if the breakup came about as the result of a fight or anger - yes, you made need to swallow your pride and make an apology. Regardless of "who's fault it was", you may need to compromise in order to keep up the communication between you. After all, the worst thing you can do is go into a sullen silence.

You may have to batten down the hatches and give your ex-partner the space they need to think things over for a few days. This gives both parties time to think over whether they really are meant for each other. If this is so, the time apart from you may make your partner realise that the thing they loved most was your presence and the times the two of you shared. After that, they may get back in touch and the healing process can begin.

This is the next stage of getting an Ex back. When contact is re-established, you can attempt to court them again. They fell in love with you once and given that you already know them well it may be possible that it will happen again - be the person they fell in love with - yourself. Do what you did when you first fell in love and make yourself attractive to them - some new clothes and so on. You have to go back to basics - if in the original courtship you sent them soppy loveletters, do so again. It'll all come back to you.