Yes, the Japanese cultural observance of severing a member of the body in mourning is not appropriate for the grief of this break-up, at least; insignificant for anyone in this forum.
The modern world nicely supplies and packages a glitz product much like canned tuna. Glistening like a bright red lollipop, with even less substance than honest sugar, we feed our youth pap, Madonna and Brittany et al, that they may buy out from underfoot their own futures. Say What? Our sons and daughters spend money on foolish nothings, the manufacturing/adversting industry having created the need for the object of the ritual. While they spend this precious time and money, there are more important life passages which are worth investment that often are unnoticed and not pursued.
munk for the Defense