I think one learns to live with it, becomes increasingly functional (I hope) and integrates it into life without it becoming the central focus of your identity.
going on 2 1/2 years, still struggling both emotionally and practically.
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012