Yeah your right mate. Your confidence takes a hammering but one day you’ll laugh, as you say.
Remember there’s loads of lovely Ladies out there, very few are cruel.
Don’t dwell on the past, look forward to the future.
I‘m old but one thing I learned is never call her names to a potential new partner. it’s not a good signal.
Theres that old native American saying about two Wolves fighting inside all of us.
One is envy, jealousy, bitterness, the other is love, kindness and compassion, the one who wins is the one you feed.
Take it easy.