A friend of mine was in a relationship for 2 years. We all know he is a good, genuine person and he was very much in love with his girlfriend. There is no doubt had it worked out he would have proposed, they would have married and had a very happy life together. However she eventually realised she didn't feel as strongly for him so did the right thing and let him go. I don't believe she was or is seeing anyone else. He was absolutely devastated. He was in tears constantly, almost took time off work through stress and was so broken we were taking it in turns to check up on him. However less than three months later it's like it never happened and he's back online looking for "the one". I honestly don't know whether to admire him for moving on and getting over it so quickly instead of walking around traumatised for the rest of the year like I would have done, pity him for being incapable of being alone or just assuming he can't have truly loved the woman in the first place. Another person I know "upgrades" partners every two years. Each time claiming she is utterly in love with each one, which is obviously bullshit. You can't be truly "in love" with 5 different people in one decade. It's just lust. Love doesn't end or get replaced so quickly, even if it's one sided surely. Even on here you'll read about people (sometimes obviously not always) being happily married for 25 years, becoming widowed and then remarrying with 18 months. I just find it baffling. I have had my own heart broken twice and each time it was at the very least a good full year before I could even bear the thought of anyone else. It must be great to brush heartache and nostalgia off so quickly. So my question I suppose is HOW do they bloody do it?!