Amelia sat on her bed, staring at her phone with a mixture of reluctance and determination. Just a few months ago, she had ended a six-year relationship with her high school boyfriend—the person she once thought she would marry.
At 24, she found herself alone, grappling with the reality of starting over. The breakup had been messy, a painful unraveling of what she believed was her forever. They had grown apart and eventually, it became clear that love alone wasn’t enough to keep them together.