She had also built an emotional relationship with another man behind my back that does not regret and says that he opened her eyes to the posibility that there is someone out there that is better suited for her with qualities that she is looking for in a man.
Surprise surprise (NOT). You won't have a great deal of success with Mr. Wonderful in the picture. Read Brit's suggestions. Focus on improving yourself and being happy without her. Don't give her the opportunity to draw a distinction from you being needy/desperate and this OM appearing not that way.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt