How to get over a relationship 101 (Picture: eBay)

How to get over a relationship in the age of the internet:

1. Send Snapchats of yourself crying to all your friends.

2. Block your ex on Facebook.

3. Saw all your belongings in half, post her share back to her and flog the other bits on eBay, because nothing says, ‘I hate you and never want to see you again, cheers for stealing the best years of my life,’ like global humiliation and hard labour.


OR if you’re this German dude called Martin, forget points 1 and 2 and get straight to point 3.

And there you were thinking you didn’t deal with your last break-up particularly well.



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‘Thank you for 12 beautiful years, Laura,’ he wrote alongside a YouTube montage of himself sawing all of their things in half, before listing them all for sale on eBay.

While Laura may have had a lucky escape, we’ve got to commend the guy for his expert cutting skills and, perhaps, suggest a new career in the world of modern art.

A for effort, D for handling your break-up really well dude.

UPDATE: Turns out Laura didn’t have that much of a lucky escape.

Speaking exclusively to Metro UK, Martin said, ‘My wife left me after 12 years of marriage to be with a friend.

‘I was really angry, so cut up everything and sent her half. I put the rest on eBay as a joke and a message for Laura. Now it’s everywhere on the internet, it’s crazy.’

UPDATE UPDATE: Turns out this story was all a fake, so God only knows who we spoke to over email!

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