“I think the hardest part of letting go of an old relationship is letting go of the idea that you will receive any form of contrition, absolution, apology, appreciation, satisfaction, etc from that person. Letting go includes letting go of the idea that that person will see things from your perspective and feel the need to contact you about it. Sure, rarely this occurs, maybe they got into AA and some forcing function encouraged them but it’s unlikely. So it’s a fairy tale we often subconsciously believe in. This fairy tale traps a part of us from moving on.”
