take me out to the ballgame

the right old ritual for those who are of the single status has rolled around again for another year, and whilst my timing is actually a little off, hunting season is in full swing ladies and gentlemen.

so in this time of furious breakups occurring (and the subsequent new formation of relationships), everyone seems to give and receive their share of advice and "rules" on breaking up and the boundaries on the aftermath of a break up, so it makes me wonder. does everyone follow the same break-up rules? or are most of us just simply making them up as we go? heck what are the damn rules in the first place?