It depends on the type of love you had for her on how much it will hurt and how long it will. If you loved her with everything you are, that you thought she was forever, then yes it will hurt for possibiliy forever, or maybe not. Sometimes love can play tricks and side tracks and all that crap. Its hard to explain. All I know is that with my experiences, and that's all anyonecan give you advice from, is their own experiences. From my own, some love that you thought was forever can just fade overnight, and some love hurts so deep, so soulful that you don't think you'll ever get over it and then your almost almost halfway through your social/dating prime and while you still love that other person with all that you are, you find yourself not hurting as hard as much as you did those first months, that you find yourself enjoying the dating scene again, that you find yourself head deep in love with someone else, that who knows..... but at least with your past, there is no reason to be afraid of your future, you know falling in love won't kill you, that the end of the other person's feelings won't kill you either. Now you can feel more confident, and more realistic, and more knowledgeable whenever you fall in love again, and trust me, you WILL fall in love again, even if your 65 and looking for danture cream for your dentures
or maybe the right girl, the one that can treat you the way you need to be, the realitionship you've been searching for since you've been hurt, that amazing type of falling, that soul dipping feeling, it could be right in front of you and you not even realize it
your neighbour, your hair dresser, the waitress that serves you coffee each week, an old school mate, an old friend, a new friend, hell some people even fall for their bestfriends. You just never know, and when you become afraid of love, of commitment, of monogomy (if that's the kind of relationship you do), of just enjoying the feeling of fallingfor just about anyone at anytime in any kind of situation..... that's when you run into trouble, you can't fear love or it will only hurt you more.
If your really ready for love and WANT to fall in love, want to BE loved, and the RIGHT type of love, and know that it can be forever or maybe just for the moment, then you will find the right woman for you, she might not be perfect, she might be scared and scarred like you, but thats the good thing of love, you communicate, you learn from one another and you enjoy the moment and not worry about tomorrow....if it lasts it does, if not, hey you guys had fun.
Not sure if I'm making sense, or not. Like I said everyone gives advice by their own experiences. Not like I have alot of experience or that im even wiser being older, and I am almost guarenteeed my opinion in tainted with my own wishes lol but none the less the gest of it is guarenteed true....
Don't let love cripple you, love is meant to be enjoyed, meant to make you feel light hearted and on air, look around you and examine your life and you'll know if your ready or not and what you are looking for and then next thing you know.... BAM!
or Im totally full of it and it burns forever and you'll cry each night into your pillow for the love you know is just unatainable.
I'm caught between the pillow and the examination of life and shit, giving you advice on love i am sure if not the wisest thing considering our past but hey..... i've been there many times, i know a little i'd like to think.
Then again, I am me. LOL. I am too bias to be giving advice to you. Not with our past and my attraction to you and my feelings your you. As well meaning as I am, as nice as I can try and be, as happy as I might want you to be, I will always be bias and want what I want for myself, you. Which is why you have to watch out, never seek out advice from bias people or relatives, they always want what would be best for THEM not YOU....even if they don't intend to be that way, they endup being that way.
Someone giving advice should be someone you never met IRL, then you know they won't feed you shit.
But like I said, your only 22, you got a long life ahead of yourself, you'll find that forever love one day.
You never know who it can be, it could be a 1 armed bearded lady. A teenaged girl that is barely legal, a older lady with "baggage"
or it can be that you fall in love several times and never find just 1 love....
Love is hard to judge sometimes.....and this is getting tldr grr lol
Just get out and date and just enjoy the moment and don't be afraid to fall in love with ANYONE, no matter who they are or what their situation.
You deserve happiness and if the faits hold true and to each get what they deserve, you will find the love you seek.
Head first, soul dipping, complicated, easy, fustrating, easy going, laughable, anger filled, and the smiles.
I wish you luck bru.
