well if it helps i broke up with my gf of 5 years two years ago
i got very very depressed, very drunk, and generally did an epic life fail.

i think two years is supposed to be the amount of time you need to get proper back on your feet if you genuinely loved someone, but that might be bollocks.
(Mortal Wombat - he's just an excitable boy, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 23:37, archived)