Can Cupid do it again?
Brunch|February 10, 2024
Love is short. Forgetting is long. Forgiving is hard. Here's how to hit refresh and open up to love again
Karishma Kuenzang
Can Cupid do it again?

The crying's done. Sleep comes easy again. Even the low-humming anger has passed. And the biggest move of all: You've unblocked your ex on social media and still haven't stalked their Insta. You feel healed enough that grunting 'ugh' isn't your only response to meeting someone new.

Rani got over her heartbreak in Queen (2013) by enjoying her honeymoon solo and meeting a potential love interest in the end. But for most broken hearts, the mending is easy. Opening up again is the tough part. Ted Mosby did it, over and over, though nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014). In 50 First Dates (2004), Adam Sandler plays the OG optimist in love. He must woo his amnesiac girlfriend, played by Drew Barrymore, every single day.

Here's how to take some of that Golden Retriever energy into 2024.

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