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Why Does a Magnet not repel itself?

I have 2 pretty strong magnets if front of me.  They are the size of bottle caps.  I have them interact with each other and wonder where the north and south poles might be.  I think the south is in the center of the magnet and the north takes the rim... any confirmation on that?

Anyway, if south repels south with two magnets...  why doesn't south repel south for one magnet?  Why aren't my magnets exploding right now?

Is it possible to have the south secede from the north?  In other words, can I have a magnet that is only south?
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To have an "only-south" magnet is called a magnetic monopole...and they don't really exist. Scientists have ways to sorta make fake ones, but honestly, it only works ok, not really good enough to do much with.

You magnet does not explode apart because if you were to magnify down to the lattice of atoms, you would have all the magnets happily working together, not wanting to separate; think Legos with north being the pokey bits and south being the holes.  Each atom is north to south, north to south. They work together, not against each other.