As an adult, has your heart ever been broken from a love relationship?

No, their loss.

My heart was pretty broken when my first husband killed himself.

No. I have had a fairly easy life in that respect.

My heart broke when my 1st marriage ended, but more for the kids than anything else.

One cannot go through expecting no pain?
Everyone has to learn how to cope.
I had un unfortunate breakup after an 11 year marriage .
I discovered three years after my breakup that the marriage amounted to just a marriage of convenience for my exhusband! I cried all that time too!

Some people marry for different reasons and in this case he married to get parent approval and hopefully money from his parents estate.
I felt betrayed and used not to mention my children whom carried ill feelings for me even in the present for ending the marriage through divorce proceedings?
I never dated anyone until three years had past after the divorce.
In this time I had sought out a Counsellor to assist me and my children to learn to cope with this breakup and move on in life.It also reduced our lifestyle to the minimum.
I soon had to learn quickly to become strong for my shildren and to continue on to upgrade my education in order to become a stable breadwinner and example for my children.
One can always rise from the ashes of a disappointment in life.
I simply got on with life and set about becoming the only breadwinner .
It was difficult at first then I gained momentum in my Career and education.
We were beset with numerous challenges, the economy tanked, I lost jobs due to strikes etc
But we preservered and kept trying.
We all became stronger and determined.
A difficult period in our lives.

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Oh yes – several times. Not planning to give details though.

The feelings I had as a teenager, the first time my heart was broken, were just freaking overwhelming. They were intense as an adult too, but not in quite the same way.

No, not really.

My heart has been broken a few times, which is why it’s hard to be an idealist in this world.

With my husband of thirteen years, my heart is still broken sometimes by his actions.

Yes, but my heart was broken while we were still together. I couldn’t admit that it was the end though for quite a while (some months though I’d had a bad feeling about it for over a year). After I ended it, I finally felt relieved. He didn’t cheat, we were just incompatible. It was very hard after 4 years together to admit that to myself. Even though I don’t miss him, I miss having someone. I don’t have any friends. So I think I was afraid the loneliness would be too much. And in many ways it has been horrible. But I never wish to have him back. I feared I’d have too many what ifs, but I don’t.

Hurt after a major fight, but not broken.

My heart was broken when I was 21, not sure that counts. I had dated him since high school. We mutually decided to break up. I don’t describe it as heartbreak though. I describe it as accute grieving.

After that, I have not had any significant heartbreak from a relationship. I met my husband at age 23, married at 25.

But, I think one can be heartbroken even while in a relationship. I have had some dissappointments I guess, but nothing devastating.

Yes. My divorce, my rebound relationship, and the 7-year-long relationship after that all broke my heart. My most recent breakup didn’t break me, though; despite being a very tumultuous relationship and a hurtful rejection, I had a sense of personal integrity through it all that surprised me. That was when I knew I was ready to give and receive unconditional love.

Oh yes. I healed and with hindsight I can see it was the best thing for me. Didn’t feel like it at the time though.

It was very painful for my children and myself when after 17 years of marriage, four pregnancies and three children, my wife discovered she was a lesbian and she moved out leaving the children behind (initially). The pain got much worse as the process of divorced built up to what I hope is as bad as divorces get. The children still have not healed from the loss of their mother who has been mainly absent in their lives since she weaned them.

Absolutely. Its crushing. Unfortunately I have mental health problems also, so I thing to some people, I probably took heartache too far. But, it hurts and I dread for it to ever happen again.