The Duke
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I've had this happen twice in the last 2 years. Both with girls I really liked and with equally matched SMV. There were no signs that anything was wrong until the very end. In both of the cases, neither of them went to another guy.Amazing how you can be with a girl for 5 months. She dotts all over you, great sex, tells you she is massively into you, buys you christmas presents, cooks for you......then dumps you a week before xmas at a flip of a coin without a hint of a warning.
Onwards and upwards i guess.
The first one had "attachment" issues that I didn't truly understand until I educated myself on attachment theory after our relationship. That's when things started to make sense. She'll either be single or in 3-5month relationships for the rest of her life. She exhibited that behavior before I came a long. She did have some unresolved mental baggage from previous failed relationships that hurt her.
The second one fell hard and fast for me. Usually I would have been very skeptical, but she made it seem super genuine. She definitely showed some love bombing characteristics but everything else about her was solid. I don't think the love bombing came from a place of "cluster b mental" issues, it was an abundance of love chemicals that drove most of what she felt for me and when they finally wore off, she was done. A lot of times people get caught up in their own "love" chemicals and feel things more strongly than normal. This is when they are totally into you. They constantly tell you how wonderful you are and do all sorts wonderful things. Chemicals like oxytocin, dopamine, seratonin, phenylethylamine drive a lot of what happens. Love Chemicals & What they do.
Give yourself a few weeks for your head to clear up. Things will make more sense with time.
I think the best mindset to have is to enjoy it while it lasts. Understand nothing lasts forever, especially in this day and age. There are so many factors you can't control, will never fully understand. The world we live in really isn't conducive to long term relationship success. When you think this way, you won't get jaded by what happens along the way and you'll end up enjoying more women!
Dust your ass off, get back in the saddle and ride. There's is no shortage of available women out there.