Some say it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...

I am convinced that those that do say that fall into three camps:
1. Your Mum
2. Your Friends
3. Someone who did the dumping.

Your mum and friends will say it in times of turmoil to make you feel better about your situation that it was a good thing to happen as you can learn from it. The third camp, the dumper will say it because obviously they have never been hurt to that degree that you feel as if your heart has been ripped out of your chest. As the dumper they see the experience as a positive thing and although they have lost you they know in the long run is it a good thing and you learnt something from each other.

I have in my years encountered heart ache and know friends who have been left heart-broken, and that saying never brings comfort.

I understand that it is good to have known people in your life as knowing them makes you the person you are today and shapes certain parts of your life but the heartbreak isn't always worth the pain.

In many ways you just hope that love will last forever, but as the celeb world shows even those that you think are pretty solid can come undone. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt and Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon.

So is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? I'm not convinced either way.