The **** lingers for a long time. I don't think it ever goes away. I still care about her and would beat somebody's' ass if they touched her, but that **** drove me into a bottle of Jack Daniels for a good 6 months, no lie. I still ***** too hard after the fallout from all that. I had to drop classes a semester, totalled my car..all kinds of ****. I learned a lot from that relationship though. A lot.