Why 'It's Called A Breakup'

A year after becoming the single girl's best friend with the smash-success "He's Just Not That Into You," author/comedian Greg Behrendt is back to help women worldwide with another dose of his savvy dating advice.

For his latest foray into the self-help world, he has teamed up with Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, his wife of five years, to write "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy."

"I talk about the stuff I did wrong and Amiira the stuff she did right," Greg Behrendt told The Early Show co-anchors Harry Smith and Julie Chen.

On the show, a New Yorker asked: "My boyfriend and I broke up about a couple of years ago, but he calls me often and asks if I still want to see him. What's up with that?"

"That's the old check-in call," Ruotola-Behrendt said. "The subtext of that is, 'Is it a possibility we'll be sleeping together again soon?' It's not necessarily, 'Oh, I forgot I was in love with you. We should probably get back together.' "

Their book includes Seven Commandments. Here are three of them:

Don't see him or talk to him for 60 days: "It's the same thing as breaking an addiction, Greg Behrendt said. "You wouldn't ask an alcoholic to dry out in a bar. Get away from the person who will ultimately bring you the most amount of pain for 60 days to get perspective."

Get yourself a breakup buddy: "Again, very much like a sponsor in AA," Greg Behrendt said. "You're going to use your friend, right? Let's make it official. Don't wear out your friendship. Don't overload your friends. Make it official. Make it a thing you're doing together. Say, 'Listen. I need your help. When I go to a bar, I want you to take my phone. I want to call you instead of him. When I go to return his stuff, you take it instead of me.' And the break-up buddy says, 'We only talk about it an hour.' "

Get rid of his stuff and the things that remind you of him: "I'm not saying burn it," Ruotola-Behrendt said. "Although, if that helps you, that's your prerogative. But we say to make three boxes: one for the memories you'd like to hang on to for later; stuff that goes back to him in the second box; and then trash in the third." She advises giving the first and second to the break-up buddy, "so later you can decide and you can get it back."

"We haven't forgotten men," Greg Behrendt said.

"They process differently than women," his wife added.

Greg and Amiira Behrendt are partners in their production company, There Might Be Cake, Inc. They live in Los Angeles with their two daughters, 3½-year-old Bella True and 6-month-old Mighty Luna.

There are rumors that Greg Behrendt will be in the movie version of "He's Just Not That Into You," and may have a talk show.

"There's definitely a movie in the works," he said.