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When Your Ex Gets Engaged Shockingly Fast After Your Breakup

I found out my ex got engaged six months after our breakup and I cannot understand how someone moves on that quickly from five years together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Another person's rapid recovery can feel like evidence that our shared love meant less than we believed, or that we are deficient in our ability to heal.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief in Love — Mourning the End?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.