What's your story post breakup?

Have you ever had a breakup that you really didn't want to have and was willing to make things work as much as you can, and just overall wanted to avoid the pain of heartbreak? What's your experience post breakup? Did things get better, did it get worse? Did your fears of lonliness come true? I wanna hear both the good and bad stories, just the real stories. I hear too many times, "it will get better", but I wanna hear true stories that ppl have experienced, and not just the fairy tale endings.