After a breakup, there's a grieving period; it can take weeks, months, even years to get over it. But for some, it only takes a few days before they're ready to be back on the market again.
In the wonderful world of social networking, a simple change of your relationship status on your profile page can put you back in the dating pool instantly — genius if you ask me — but when is the right time to let the masses know you're single again? Since anyone, including your ex, has access to your MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, or TeamSugar [1] home page, do tell: Should there be a grace period after a breakup? Or are you of the mindset of why waste time!?

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