Writer's Block: Significant Change
Yes. No.
On a slightly more serious note -- when the X and I broke up 6 years ago, I spent a lot of time thinking about what had gone wrong and what I could do differently next time. I think I did change as a result of that experience, and the change made me more skillful at being in a relationship -- but with a different person. That's probably true of every significant relationship I've been in, but the last one was the most serious and therefore I thought about it the most afterward.
On a slightly more serious note -- when the X and I broke up 6 years ago, I spent a lot of time thinking about what had gone wrong and what I could do differently next time. I think I did change as a result of that experience, and the change made me more skillful at being in a relationship -- but with a different person. That's probably true of every significant relationship I've been in, but the last one was the most serious and therefore I thought about it the most afterward.