My son (29) is going through a similar thing in that his girlfriend (24) of 2 yrs. (living together) dumped him in an email while he was in Denmark (lives in US) on a month-long work assignment. Devastated him. He's coming to terms with she just doesn't love him like he does her. He's in terrible pain. I'm crying--as his mother it is so hard to see him in this pain, but it is better for him to learn that she is not the right one now before marriage (he was thinking of asking her to marry him & had given her my husband's mother's pearls as a Christmas gift last yr.--valued at $1,700.00 & even more sentimentally--but his grandmother had left them to him to give to his "bride" & he chose to give them to her so that's over & done with--not mentioning it. The loss of those is nothing in comparison to the pain he is feeling, but it IS BETTER to learn it now--not later. You have to get on with your life. There is someone out there for you--someone who will love you & you will love & can have a satisfying life with. All my best.--Suzy (married 34 yrs. to my high school sweetheart--he is a saint as it has been no picnic at times as I have bipolar).