One of my friends just emailed me for advice. He was saying that he feels unaccomplished around other friends when he has to tell them that his long term relationship has ended. He feels like he has wasted seven years of his life.
Why is it that one can only have a good life if they are in a relationship or are married? Like a single person doesn't have other things in life to be proud of. Just cause we aren't in a relationship doesn't mean we haven't accomplished other things.
I know that breaking up can totally suck...been there done that. But sometimes breaking up and surviving it is the biggest accomplishment one can make. If you can survive heartbreak and move on and make it, then you can survive anything. Surviving a break up teaches you. You learn who you are (and who you're not), what to do and not do in the next relationship, who you are looking for as a partner and how to deal with life when it throws you a curve ball. If you ask me, those who have been through heartbreak have accomplished more than those who have never experienced it.
And to my friend who emailed me, if you are reading this and I hope you are, I AM PROUD OF YOU!
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Darn, got a shout-out. :-P It was just funny hanging out with college buds and determining that everyone has done one of 2 things - gotten married or law school/higher degree. Having done the former, I know it's not wasted time. And having gone through that type of heartbreak, I figure there isn't much anyone else can do that can cause me so much pain.
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