What did you learn after coming out of a bad relationship?

Nothing. I think it's in the months and years after, when you finally get a chance to reflect on what went wrong and why, without the emotion, that you really learn anything. 

You learn about people - what people can be like. 

  I usually learned the name of a new woman. "Next!"



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I've never had one ....:( 

THAT BEING ALONE IS NOT BEING CONDEMNED TO MISERY.

BEING ALONE IS FREEDOM.  BEING ALONE IS ADVENTURE WITH YOUR FAVORITE PERSON.

Being alone opens the door to not being alone in the future with, hopefully, much wiser choices.

Never had a bad romantic relationship. Had a couple of traumatising parenting relationships, from which I learned NEVER to act as a foster parent/guardian of a teenager you're not related to unless you have one hell of a lot of support (step-parenting is an entirely different kind of relationship). Teens are tough enough to raise if they're yours or your partner's.

I learned that I WOULD survive! 

I always came out a bit less naive.  Ultimately, I always had an emotional growth spurt once I got my bearings again.