I can see both sides. If yuo are like me, you gave 110 perecent and there was not much more you could really do to keep a bad relationship going.
And if you are like me, you take more than your share of crap that you did not even do but was accused of doing.
The things that broke you up will still be there. they will re-surface. And you will always look at that person differently if you start over. There are NO real new beginnings. you will remember all the nights you spent alone while she had a great time without you.
On the other side of the coin, after trying to date, if you are a man, and espeically if you try internet dating, if your ex wil take you back, you will go with your tail between your legs unless you LIKE being alone.
Forget about the kind, pretty woman who will stop and ask you what is wrong and you wind up married to her in a wonderful relatiohsip. It happens only on TV and the movies. The same thype of women knowck you down on their way to meet THEIR significant other. They don't bother with you
I wish that was not true but it is.