I've half a mind to blogpost on KF, but this is a rational community, so I will.
The thing that I swore I would never allow to have happen to me has happened. I swore never to get into a relationship because chances are it would end in heartbreak, yet I was foolish enough to enter a relationship. I never understood why society values romance and relationships so highly, but now I do. I cannot emphasize how special this woman was to me: she was kind, caring, gentle, and loving. She understood me for who I am, and I loved her. Before this, I never knew how you could love someone other than one of your immediate family members, and I never knew how you could fall in love with a brand new person and see someone you've never known before as a guiding light in your life. She was a woman who could have been a wife to me, and I could have been a husband to her. Sadly, none of that will happen, and now I feel like I have been condemned to a lower sphere of existence. This is like having to experience teen angst as an adult! I have no ill will towards her, and I wish her well, but it's still sad.