I wasn't sure where to post this...

ADad
Tue, 20 May 2008 00:18:14 +0000

Every time I go online and see her on, I just feel so sad. It’s a pain that I have never felt before. I don’t know why this suddenly happened but this is how I feel now.



Some many years ago, I could have written something similar when things were not working out with the object of my affections.

It sounds like you are suffering due to romantic rejection. You have joined an immense club.

If this is indeed your problem, then realize that time is the best healer. While time is doing its wonderful work, though, don’t change an ephemeral problem into a long-standing one by doing something irresponsible and against your basic nature. Try to keep yourself busy and away from reminders of her.

In my case, the time required was a few months. I happened to run into her by sheer coincidence in another city about four months later, and I was fine. YMMV.