He left me for a girl much more beautiful, and successful than me. He told me he loved me a day before this happened.

I blocked him from pretty much everything. I was absolutely freaking done with life, heartbroken wouldn't even describe it.

A few weeks later, I met a man who I really liked. He was kind, funny, and made me feel like I was on top of the world.

Five months later, and he still sends me flowers at work.

He's a 27 year old pharmacist. I mentioned I wanted to visit Hawaii before I die, and he showed me the booked tickets for next summer. Sweetest man I've ever known.

Then I went to check my instagram today for the first time in months, and the original guy had messaged me...saying he's sorry, that he needed me this whole time and never knew it.

I told him thank you, not for his apology, but because if he hadn't broken my heart that day...I would never be with the man I love now.

Sometimes really awful things have to happen to your heart before something beautiful comes along to restore it. I'm living proof, and I've never felt so lucky.

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  • anonymous lover
6 years ago

I love this.

  • anonymous lover
6 years ago

THIS. THIS IS THE TRUEST REALEST THING I HAVE EVER READ.

I used to be in a relationship with a guy, and I was so in love, I never would've walked away...but he left me, and I came to realize that he was actually a drug addicted, abusive bully. I cried for months, felt like my heart had been crushed. But I grew strong from it, less naive and trusting, and I have now met the sweetest, kindest, funniest, most compassionate and loving man in the world.

He treats me like a fucking princess even when I don't deserve it and makes me feel like every type of beautiful imaginable.

Losing my first love and feeling heartbroken was important, or I would've never gotten to know the beautiful soul that I am now lucky enough to call mine.

  • anonymous lover
6 years ago

Amen girls, amen. Same exact thing happened to me. 3 year relationship with someone who never showed he cared, kept making excuses for him because of his mental illness but in the end it was no excuse. i cried so many nights just because he was giving me nothing, yet not telling me to leave. i left without looking back, and literally that year I met the man of my dreams. I knew immediately he was something special.

Almost two years later and he's always simply blown my mind with his love. I didn't know love like this existed, seriously. We've been talking about marriage since 5 months in! Never even imagined I would be thinking about that yet at my age(early 20s).

I just think its life balancing out. Gives us the worst relationship first, then the best.

  • anonymous lover
6 years ago

This gives me so much hope. Working through an emotionally anusive relationship ending, and this makes me feel like love can be so much more.

  • S
6 years ago

This gave me hope...my fiance was the guy I found after one broke my heart and he took me to denver. I forgot what heartbreak was. I thought this this was. He left me yesterday for a much more prettier girl. A wild at heart kinda gal..Im more introverted and shy..the things he onced loved about me now made me boring..how can you go from calling someone your soul mate to leaving them out to dry..

I cant picture myself with anyone else right now..my heart hurts and I can barely function at work..

I hope I too can end up like you.

  • ~
6 years ago

Thank you so much. I needed to read this. I am in the middle of that really awfu thing right now and hoping for something good to come along.

  • anonymous lover
6 years ago

this gives me so much hope

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