"How to pretend it doesn't hurt" when he says he doesn't love you
anymore, roll your shoulders back, and look him right in the eye.
smile. and ask him why he didn't leave you sooner. tell him that
there are boys who'd be proud to say they loved you. and when he
says that you two can try again later, tell him that in two years,
you won't even remember his name. and that if he didn't know how to
love you the first time, he won't know how to do it the next.