A FATHER has reassured his teenaged son that he will quickly recover from a break-up, despite the hurt he still feels over a woman he hasn’t seen in two decades.
Oliver Bishop, aged 18, sought help from dad Martin after being dumped by his girlfriend of six months and was told it is best not to dwell on these things, before having to sit through a 20-minute monologue about how well his dad dealt with the aftermath of his secondary school relationship ending.
Martin Bishop said: “You’ll only be sad about it if you allow yourself to be sad. That’s what I told myself when Joanna Kramer gave me back my hoodie outside the science block in 1989, and I don’t even remember the look in her eyes when she told me she didn’t feel that way about me anymore.
“It’ll be hard at first, but you can be friends. Those romantic feelings will completely fade. I’ve got Joanna on Facebook and I feel nothing but joy when I see photos of her with her husband Tom, even though he looks like a dick who’s completely wrong for her.
“Now, no more sulking. You’ll meet someone even better, like I met your Mum. You’ll certainly never spend those quiet early hours of the morning lying awake wondering what might have been. No way.”
