Sweeping up the pieces of a broken heart
In the online neighborhoods that made up social life in 2021, I saw my share of spurned partners venting onscreen about their broken heart. I am always a little befuddled at how people can completely fall apart when they’re left.
I mean COMPLETELY fall apart. Obsessed with the departure. With being left. Yes, even those not married. Even those with children.I leaned hard on close friends, in between plotting how to kill him. I bought a .357 Ruger. I took shooting lessons. I hit the bullseye 90% of the time. Not just the target. The BULLSEYE. I was motivated.
I also sought help. My therapist was visibly shaken when I told him about the gun, so I sold it and bought a piece of furniture I had for years. But after those first crazy months, I picked myself up and went on with my life. Oh, I wasn’t 100% functional. Had I been functional I wouldn’t have jumped into a rebound marriage. But I wasn’t a puddle of tears every day, either. I worked. I read books. I dated. I saw friends. I traveled.Here’s what I’d like to tell them:That there IS life on the other side of this. And a good life, too.
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