Dating? Here's some advice on breaking up and moving on from the book "How to Survive Dating" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who've done it:

“If you want to know if a guy is good for you or not, ask your dog; dogs sense things that people don’t. If the dog wags its tail, he’s probably a good guy. If the dog growls, head for the hills!”

—Cindy Pfeffer, Forest Hill, Md.

“If he wants to see you for lunch, that’s the end. He’s just going to break up with you, otherwise he’d be making a date for a weekend night. So why have lunch? Tell him you’re busy and you’ll call him when you’re free. But don’t.

— N., Brooklyn, N.Y.

“If you’re not that serious with somebody, and don’t want to be, try just letting a relationship die a quiet death. I used to think that was somehow immature, but I’ve found that a few unreturned phone calls get the point across without having to do the cliché, “It’s not you, it’s me” routine. I’ve done it and had it done to me, and I have to say I’ve found it preferable to a big break-up scene that would be inappropriate for a little relationship.”

— Sean H., New York, N.Y.

“I wish I knew how hard it would be to break up with my boyfriend once we were living together. I’ve always operated under the dating philosophy that I will stop dating someone when I know I couldn’t marry him. This is the first boyfriend that I’ve lived with, and I’ve learned some things about him and how we communicate (or don’t) that I couldn’t have known before we lived together. Now I don’t think I could marry him, and yet I can’t bear the thought of breaking up with him. Since he was the one who moved into my apartment, a break-up would mean he moves out. But the thought of his stuff not being in my place, or how empty the spare room would be, is not a happy thought.”

“I just stopped seeing a girl I’ve been dating for a couple months. We got along great and were compatible, but I just didn’t feel anything for her in my heart. My heart didn’t skip a beat every time I saw her and I didn’t think about her constantly. I plan on getting married once and only once to a person I could not live without.”

— Adam Roederer, Louisville, Ky.

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