I'm glad it helps.
I'm sure it is devastating. I thought I was going to marry the guy I was with before my husband. I was 14 when we got together. We stayed together for 4 years. When I think of the stuff I put up with it's embarrassing. But I loved him and thought we'd be together forever. I even moved to Florida with him. When we split it was devastating. I didn't think I'd ever recover. It took a long time to get over him. Even with all the bad things he did to me I couldn't move on. I talked about him constantly. It made things easier.
Then I met my husband and the rest is history.
Maybe he was just a stepping stone to someone better. Maybe he came into your life to prepare you for the right one.