Jennifer Lopez is making a lot of changes in her life and the first one has to do with her dating rules. The Hollywood star recently opened up in a new interview about both her professional and personal lives and how she's moving forward as a single celebrity mom in the entertainment world.

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According to People Magazine on Wednesday, Lopez said that she wants to stay single for awhile, after having dated non-stop in back-to-back relationships for the past decade. She broke up with boyfriend Casper Smart back in June after a three-year relationship and was previously married to Marc Anthony before calling it quits in 2011.

She said, "I had to make a commitment to myself to be alone: no flirting. No possibility of anything. No boys in any way, shape of form. I said, 'I'm shutting it down.' I'd never been alone."

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Lopez added, "I always found my comfort in another person. Instead of giving myself time to heal and be on my own, I was so afraid to be that I was always like, 'Okay somebody else just come in here and help me forget I'm in so much pain.'"

For Lopez though, this doesn't mean that she's giving up on love altogether. While she is taking a break from the dating scene, she says she still knows there's someone out there for her.

She said, "I still believe in the fairy tale. The more I work on myself, the more I give myself the opportunity to share a really deep and meaningful relationship that can give me my fairy tale and last forever. I'm not rushing into anything in any way, shape or form. And I'm not looking."

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