Been meaning to post on this thread all weekend, but only been on BM via my mobile.
A sad story this, one which I can relate to in terms of feeling shit. A few have commented you, (OP), should go and knock a few tons of shit out of thee bloke in question. Whilst i'm sure you don't need me to tell you its a ridiculous idea, I will anyway. Its a ridiculous idea! My ex, who I have 2 kids with and who I was with for 7 years, got into a relationship more or less straight away after she left me, and it was with someone she works with and someone who she used to go on about alot. Very convenient, I thought. Anyway one Sunday I had a shit load to drink and discovered they were playing happy families with my kids at a christening. Monday morning I go round there about 7am, all guns blazing and try to attack this bloke, who locks himself in a bedroom. My kids witness this and I recall my son calling me, 'an idiot'. I was an idiot, a complete fucking twat of an idiot, I don't mind admitting. Violence is NOT the option, it solves nothing.
I have read that you have been texting, emailing, facebooking her? Another bad move. If I could turn the amount of emails and texts I bombarded my ex with, into pounds, i'd be sending this from my new home in the Seychelles! I sometimes wonder if I had been more cool about it and not shown my cards, whether she would have come running back once she realised I wasn't 'bothered'. Its fucking hard, not showing how you feel, but if this happened again, which i won't let it happen, I would be cool and let the woman do all the running. I am actually embarrassed about how much I pined for her and emailed her etc, I must have looked very desperate, which I was. Don't do anymore communicating with her. She will realise if she has made a mistake, and she will do the running then. 'chasing your tail', one BMer referred to it as... I can't think of a more apt description to be honest.
Finally, life is not over. It was a different situation for me, as we had kids and so contact was, and still is, a regular occurance. It took me 2 years to fully get over what happened, but time is a fucking great healer. In 3 weeks time I am going to propose to my new mrs, who I have been with for a while now. My ex is married, the kids share us 50/50 and all is rosy. :-) Right now you will feel that is a million miles away, but, and I don't mind admitting this, i'm soft, emotionally I mean, and I let what should have taken 2 months take 2 years, (to get over her). We live and learn though. My advice is, no contact, get out as much as you can and put this one down to experience. Hope all goes well, Blue.