[Bungleau]

I've found it depends on whether I was ready to let go. I remember one vacation where I came back and every trace of her was gone; not quite the most subtle way to say it's over. It took several weeks before I could accept that it was done and move on.

I also recall another relationship where I was looking for an excuse to end it.

That being said, one of the best relationships I ever had was a second-time-around. She dumped me several years before, and when we eventually got back together, I found out that the reason she dumped me was because one of her friends said I was two-timing (with the friend). I wasn't, but who was she going to believe? The new boyfriend, or the long-time friend?

We put that behind us, but alas, in my immaturity, I eventually did two-time her, and that brought the end of it. For good; I haven't seen or heard from her in a long, long, time. :sniff:

Lost her once because of rumour, twice because of stupidity. Perhaps from her perspective, it was the same thing both times. All I can say is that I learned from it, hard though the lesson was.