11. Be ready for a relapse. They come and go, but get smaller over time. My daughter still aches inside, but she says it gets easier day-by-day because she’s forgotten what his voice sounds like and even what he looks like. She jokes that their summer romance must have been a figment of her imagination, it seems like a lifetime ago. Even so, she has faith that true love will come again and that she has no regrets from what she went through. In fact, she and her ex are working to someday become friends again.