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My relationship with my ex also didn't end well. She took it badly and clearly hated me with a vengeance for not submitting to her will. Hell hath no fury and all that.

It made me doubt if she had ever really loved me. Especially as my wife had remained close friends with her ex. I think for my ex our relationship had been purely transactional.

Afterwards, she moved away. A couple times recently, I've had to visit the area where she now lives. Even though it was over nearly thirty years ago, I was terrified that I'd run into her. Almost to the point of having nightmares. Totally irrational, I know.