What's the worse break-up you've ever been in? Options

[BryMonster]

I haven't been broken up with in any
horrible way. But I've been torn apart
by a break up. One time, I dated this
girl for about half of a year, and we
decided to break up because we just
lost the "spark" for each other. Man,
was that the hardest thing to deal
with. She ended up dating my really
good friend, which tore me up even
more. I was a hermit. I never left
the house. I don't know..maybe I
over-exaggerated. But still, it was
way horrible.

How about you guys?

[*mipadi*]

I'm generally not much one for any sort of "long-term" relationship, so I haven't ever had a break-up per se. I've had things with girls I was dating just kind of fizzle out, though. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but when things don't have a definitive start or a definitive end, they can seem to drag on for an extended period of time. Last year, during the fall semester, I starting hanging out with this really cool girl, and we eventually started dating, sort of. And everything was going well, but then she went to Australia to study abroad, and we didn't see each other for eight months or so. And when she got back…eh, things didn't seem the same. They just kind of fizzled out. Perhaps some hangups, vestiges of old relationships still in my mind, got in the way, and I assumed things were over and just forgot about the whole thing. In retrospect, I wish I had tried harder. She was pretty cool. I've never really met anyone quite like her.