It will take some time for you to be ready to really connect with someone like that again, but it will happen. Right now all you see is what a great match you were and how you think nobody could ever be that for you again. And the truth is that nobody will be that same match again.

But eventually you'll become open to someone else... someone that's different. But you'll appreciate what she has to offer and the match you make with her just as much as you did with the previous. It just takes some time.

A may need to hit the bottle again for awile.

Sometimes you dont move on and maybe that is good and bad...........it depends on the circumstances............I think if you think you tried your hardest to hold on an it wast reciprocated back then you should move on..............but if its external circumstances that ended the relationship then you just wait.....it can be had to let someone go but sometimes it is a positive thing if you learn form it............what is the problem exactly?

How do you move on from someone you thought was the "one." Someone you shared every interest with you could possibly imagine. Are there copies of the same type out there, but actually are willing to love you back? This is about where I am at right now.

OK TOUGH LOVE TIME.

Step 1: Stand up.
Step 2: Get a running start at the kitchen table so the corner hits your groin.

For at least a solid minute you will not think about her or the past. If problem persist after the minute time frame, repeat steps 1 and 2 till you pass out. That should buy you atleast a couple hours of rest!

Guaranteed to work.

How do you move on from someone you thought was the "one." Someone you shared every interest with you could possibly imagine. Are there copies of the same type out there, but actually are willing to love you back? This is about where I am at right now.

Oh I went over this on some other threads, and people are probably sick of my whining by now but here is the extremely short version:

Met this girl and thought she was the greatest thing ever. She claimed I was the greatest thing ever also. Had her meet my parents and the whole bit. Found out she had been physically and emotionally abused by several men. After quite awile she just completely switched gears from me being the best thing that ever happend to her to her not even wanting to talk to me. At first she said she really wanted things to work out, but was never clear on what needed to be "worked out" even when asked. I saw the writing on the wall, but hung in there, and finally she gave me the boot. (and still managed to tell me how great I treated her) I was devestated. I have been through breakups before, but this one for some reason hit me like a ton of bricks.
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I think girl probably got cold feet when she met the parents and found out about the daughter. It might have took a while for it to sink in. . If what she told you about her back ground was true she probably couldn't see her self in this pretty little family. Maybe she couldn't. If she had herself in several abuseive relationships maybe someone had something over her head such as being married.

This break up may be hitting you harder because you are stareing down dirty-thirty and more of your friends are settleing down.

What the other posters have suggested about how you will feel in a year sounds pretty on target so no need repeating.

What probably could be added is loosen up and broaden your definition of what is perfect. Sometimes when you try to nail down all the details of what you think is going to make the perfect person for you it ends up in passing up people that would make you so happy if you would just give them a chance.