No one will ever be responsible for fulfilling those needs in me again...they can certainly add to them, enhance them, challenge them, etc.
Great look on life ahead, we all need to learn this!
We are all a little older and a little wiser, so yes the way we approach love, commitment again, w/spouse or someone new will be a more mature, careful, (for lack of better word) adult (at least for me) way of making new choices. Plus, I believe we do carry that "I've been hurt factor" again, IMHO!
But, I wonder, at least for myself, if this sitch never happened would I be learning how to become so emotionally independent or content being in the security of a good marriage.
The past can't be ahead of you in the future. You don't have to figure it all out, just pick a direction. What's next...I don't know but I can't wait!