One thing that was so different between this relationship and my last relationship was just how prominent social media was for us and how technologically intermingled we were - with my last gf it was a matter of blocking her on Facebook, removing her number from my phone, untagging a few pics (she wasn't a big picture taker), and being done with it. This one has a ton of her stuff at my house (a friend will drop it off next week), and we have a lot of mutual friends, along with a shitton of tagged photos of the 2 of us. She was trying to get in touch with me a couple of times so I temporarily deactivated my FB and blocked her #. She lives pretty close so I'm hoping I don't run into her in person any time soon (i.e. at the mall, or out to dinner, or at the supermarket).
Also, the day I broke up with her, my best friend got engaged to his girlfriend since 2010. She is ~11 years older than him and has 4 kids from divorce. He has a bit of MRA tendencies (probably because he's seen how his gf gets alimony and part of her ex husband's pension) and was one of those "I'll never get married" types, so this shocked a LOT of people. Not to mention he doesn't work and still lives at home (at 35). They haven't figured ANYTHING out yet, like where to live, where will they start working, when will they have the official wedding (since she loses all the alimony once that happens), etc. So that officially makes me the last one that I know to be single. I'm a tad of a loner so it won't be too big a deal, and I have enough friends in different groups that I can probably catch up with, so I won't be lonely on the weekends. (not to mention I'm not afraid to grab dinner, go to the movies, go to a pub, etc by myself if need be).
Anyways, in a piece of good news I got a cute blonde girl giving me a smile while I was at B&N drinking coffee today. Baby steps, baby steps.