Some positive stories please-single after long relationship at about to be 29!

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So long story short, my ex of 7 years and I broke up about 18 months ago, and moved out from each other 7 months ago after detangling our lives. We had very little sex towards the end (once a month was good for us, and it was constantly me asking) and to me we felt more like best friends. He is a great guy though.

Anyway, I have been through stages like this after we broke up, but I'm feeling so sad today and I know it's dramatic, but like I'll be alone forever!

I've got my own house with my little cat, a good group of friends, am in good shape and have a good job. I hike a lot, am out and about on the weekends and in therapy.
Have booked a solo trip hiking this year!

So I'm not waiting around for a man, but would love marriage and kids.
Positive stories of people feeling like this then finding it? Even better if you broke up with a great, but not quite right partner beforehand!

Firstly - you're 29! That's a brilliant age / time to be single. Especially when you've been in a relationship for most of your 20s. You're young enough to be going out, having fun and dating but not at an age where you need to panic about settling down and having kids. Bonus that you have your own house, a good job, great friends and hobbies too! And you will not be alone forever (unless you want to be which is fine!)

I was in an almost identical situation to you. Broke up with my ex in 2020 after 10 years together. Owned a house, one dog, no kids. As you said, we got on well but were more like friends / roommates (no sex life, doing our own thing a lot and just drifted apart really). I panicked afterwards thinking had I done the right thing. I think I just missed the familiarity and "comfort" of our life together. It didn't help that all my family loved him and kept telling me I should just "stick it out" and that I wouldn't find any better (helpful!). But in my heart I knew it wasn't right. It was amicable though and we're still mates now :)

I've been with someone else for almost 2 years (I actually knew him through work for years but never spent much time talking to him until a leaving party in 2022). He is my absolute world. We are best friends but also (importantly!) fancy the pants off each other, have a great sex life, love spending time together and are just generally on the same page with life, family, friends, money, work etc. I know some would stay it's still early on but I have never had this type of "easy" relationship before where everything just slots into place and feels completely right.

I didn't go looking for anyone (in fact I was enjoying a period of being single and had just deleted my dating apps!) but that's life - things happen when you least expect them to. So don't think too much about the future, what is meant to be will be, enjoy yourself and be happy!

Just enjoy yourself and find out who you are.

I found myself on my 30th birthday, betrayed, husband got another woman pregnant and I lost literally everything. We had been together 12 years.
I decided to sort myself out, started a new job. And when I least expected it met someone.
We now have 2 beautiful girls together, our own home and I have my ex buggering off to thank it all for.

I met my lovely dp when I was 29 ! I was a single parent to a 5 year old , he had just split up from his ex and we met through mutual friends. We have just celebrated 20 years together.

My partner of 5 years decided something was missing for him 3 months before I turned 30 at a time I was planning on starting a family and really wanted to get married! I was devastated to begin with but met my now husband 6 months later at 30, bought a house 6 months later, got engaged a year after that, married last year and I'm now pregnant with our first child just before I turn 34 next month! when you meet the right person it will happen fast but for now enjoy being 29 you have loads of time!