Back story:

16 months ago my then wife wanted me to pay off her student loans, pay for a breast augmentation, buy a new car and move into a new house. We did all that and then she abruptly left me four days after her surgery, took half my money, the house, her car, moved to another state and was then engaged five months to the day after she told me she wanted a divorce.

For almost a year afterwards, she was the last thing I thought about before I went to sleep and the first thing I thought about when I woke up. I was absolutely devastated and horrifically sad for a very long time.

The Wisdom:

About three months after my divorce, on a particularly terrible night, an acquaintance told me a piece of advice that he himself had received some time ago: "One day you are going to wake up and simply not give a fuck about any of this." He also told me that I wouldn't believe him and that he too went through what I was going through five years earlier.

He then went on to tell me, that I would then pass on the advice to someone who was going through this some years from now once I realized what he was saying was true.

I'm happy to report that he was correct.

I just want everyone to know it gets better than how you are feeling right now and...

One day, you are going to wake up and simply not give a fuck about any of this. I promise.