1. Step 1: Cry small, but make sure it’s premium tears. Off your light, play “Running to You” or any Fireboy heartbreak jam. Cry like they dashed you onions.
2. Step 2: Block and delete. Don’t just mute them. BLOCK. Delete pictures, chats, playlists — even the shawarma receipt from your last date.
3. Step 3: Tell your friends. One will give you soft advice. One will curse them. One will drag you for falling. You need all three. 4. Step 4: Hit the gym or at least start walking. Not because of revenge body. But so when you see them again, your chest will be high and they’ll know you’re glowing.
5. Step 5: Don’t enter another relationship immediately. Rebound love in Lagos is how people start podcasts about “why I no believe in love again.”
6. Step 6: Forgive them. Not because they deserve it. But because peace of mind is costlier than shawarma in this economy. Step 7: Love yourself loud. Take yourself out. Buy yourself something nice. Your heart has suffered — it deserves small amends.