Yes I understood that Ali, I am just not sure the "when you no longer love some one you know" bit. Maybe thats just me, if it is true then that would explain why some men or womwn can just up and go,end of. Does it explain the people like you x though, he has gone but you are sure he still loves you so thats my difficulty. Also when you are with someone for many years,that person is tied up in a life you love,routines, securities a whole host of things so at some point I think the lines blur and thats why maybe some people find it harder than others to just let go of the one who walks. Love becomes an obsession, a compulsion,losing not an option,lots of things even when the love or being inlove feeings have gone. I get getting myself into deep here. I just wish I could see things with your black and white confidence and yet you too suffer the whatifs and maybe's so perhaps we are not so differnt after all.