The point about re-evaluating expectations after breaking up really resonated with me. 6 months ago I broke up with my girlfriend after months of being unhappy with certain things in the relationship. Now, 6 months later, I can say that this was one of the worst decisions, if not the single worst decision, I ever made in my entire life. Turns out, that relationship was pretty ideal for me in many ways, and I should have tried to resolve the issues I had rather than bottling up my dissatisfaction and letting it eventually boil over. I now have a much better idea of what I want out of life and what I'm looking for in a relationship. I just wish I could have learned that lesson without causing someone so much pain and then going through so much pain myself.