Some great advice. My wife told me about 3 weeks ago that she has reconnected on Facebook with an old highschool friend. She decided that he could offer her what she really needed and has decided to break up our relationship of 18 years. Dealing with the emotional pain of losing someone might be one of the most difficult things in the worls to cope with. I'm not a religious person but I stumbled upon the teachings of the Buddha. I realized that it has so much to offer me and anyone that is in a state of suffering. The hardest part that I'm finding to deal with is like with any tragedy, holding onto negative thoughts. I'm not even close to being able to push all of those aside just yet but buddhist philosophy deals very much with the power of mind over matter. It's a slow gradual process to mend a broken heart but the mind works wonders in the healing process.