Is it possible to move on? It’s been at least 2 years since my FP lefy. I’m about 22 and feel incredibly stupid for dating my very much older college mentor. He was literally my only friend in college.

Often my classmates would say things like do not trust him. “Why this much older man? He’s taking advantage of you. Even His students are older than you”

To be honest, I never had any friends. This is the only person I felt very safe with. We started out as pen pals when I was on 18 and he encouraged me to apply at this college he mentors at.

4 years later, he left me for someone very much younger out of the blue and told me “sorry just not feeling this anymore. I deserve someone on my level” and claimed how “ the attraction is not there” now that I’m 20 lbs heavier . It’s been two years and it’s so hard to move on. 

I think about his last words. Now I have men asking me out but why is it so hard to get over him?