DEAR ABBY: My grown son has broken up with his girlfriend. They were together for five months. He feels his life is over. His dad and I have been helping him get over it. He has a 7-year-old son who lives with him and we want him to be strong. He calls us every day and he's beginning to sound like a broken record, repeating the same story again and again.
I know time will make it easier, but in the short term, how do we help him tap into his inner strength and be an adult about this? He goes to work, so that's a blessing. How do people make it through breakups and cope with the grief? -- SAD FOR HIM
DEAR SAD: They depend upon their friends and family to listen to them while they vent. And if that doesn't work, they do it in the office of a licensed therapist. Because what you're telling your son hasn't helped, please suggest it.