And whenever your brain does decide to randomly think about them, you'll always ask yourself "what was I thinking?" Instead of that person being your future, they'll begin to represent a part of your past and no matter how badly it ended, you're grateful for that time together. Everything happens for a reason and now that you're in a committed relationship with the person of your dreams, you've never been so grateful for having a douchebag of an ex partner who cheat on you until the cows came home. If you have anything else to add, feel free to comment in the thread below. If not, then good day to you.