Hello everyone. 
The date today is December 10th, 2007.  I created this website because on June 29th 2007 my world got torn apart.  My girlfriend of the last two years and eight months left me.  I was devastated.  I loved her more than anything or anyone.  She was everything to me.  I thought we were going to be married one day, grow old together, and carve our legacy into this world together.  I guess she did not see it so. 
It has taken me over five months to be able to put this site together.  I thought about doing this earlier, but I was in no emotional state to do so and would not have been able to offer the help and guidance I believe I now can.  When I was in my initial state of morning my loss I searched the Internet for information on what I should be feeling and what I should do to cope.  I found little to no info, and most of what I did find you had to buy a dvd or cd set to get any advice.  The information available to men was even more limited, largely impart due to the strict "masculine" stigmas that society attaches to us.  We are not supposed to be heartbroken.  If we are, we are supposed to drink to ease the pain, or jump into bed with another woman.  This was not the heartbreak I was going through.  The pain I was experiencing was born out of pure genuine love for another and then suddenly losing it. 
Ouchmyheartisbroken was born out of this love.  I created it as a site for people to come and get free information and guidance on what they are feeling when suffering from heartbreak.  I am proud that I am a man and was able to put this site together and express what I felt going through my breakup and what I continue to feel today.  This site serves a two-fold purpose. 
The first purpose is to celebrate love.  I have included my own personal "Great Love Story" where I talk about my relationship.  Please contribute and share your own experiences of love.  Whether it is a moment in time or a perfect day, or phrase that invokes the feelings of love, please send them to me, this site cannot become what I envision without everyone’s help. 
The second purpose behind this site is to provide a place to not only mourn your loss, but also to serve you as a resource to find help in guidance in healing your broken heart.  When I was left, I did not know where to turn or what to do.  My primary motivation behind creating this site is to help people mend a broken heart and perhaps offer them some direction in those horribly painful days, weeks, and months that follow.  Please share your stories here as well.  We can all learn from each other.  By sharing and talking about experiences of heartache and loss it will help us realize that when we feel these horrible feelings, we are not the only ones in the world that feel this way.  I have also included my own personal story of heartache. 
I am writing it separately from my love story, as I want the two to be viewed independently from one another.  To protect the privacy of my now ex (it still hurts to type that) girlfriend I have given us aliases.  I will refer to myself as Michael and her as Mary.  I want to celebrate what Mary and I had and what I believed could have been.  I want to immortalize the good times and reflect on the bad.  I also want to share what I have learned with the world in dealing with my broken heart.  I feel that if I can help ease one person's pain, then the time and love I put into creating this site will be well worthwhile.

Note: If you would like at any time to share some of your stories, quotes, questions, ideas, etc... with myself and the rest of the world please email me at ouchmyheartisbroken@hotmail.com  You can also click on the "Send me Your Stories" link that appears at the bottom of every screen.  If you do send a story, question, or any other information please include any optional information you would like such as: Name, or alias, location, age etc...  I only ask so people can see that people from all different parts of the world share similar problems.