Some girlfriends should run for the hills.

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February is National Mend a Broken Heart Month and the first step in repairing your heart is to recognize the "tool" causing the problem, or so says relationship specialist and "Good Morning America" advice guru finalist Ish Major, who explains that men can be as simple to understand as the tools hanging in a garage. The problems begin when they forget to put away their tools and leave them lying about in cars, wallets, and text messages, or on cell phone call logs--and the ladies in their life stumble upon them.

Learning to recognize different types of tools might help you prevent a broken heart:

The Rake. He glosses over his past and does not give you a straight answer.

The Hammer. You discover a whopper of a lie, like the...