Just because someone hurt you in the past doesn't mean that you should constantly carry that hurt around with you. What is going to happen is that you are going to meet someone and because you're still walking around in the past so to speak you're going to take out that stick and that person is going to get beat for all of the mess that your previous partner left behind.
You can't start over if you constantly dwell on the past. The past is the past and although it may be hard you should give your new friend/partner a chance to show you how they feel about you and to prove themselves. I'm not saying completely forget what you went through, however what I am saying is learn from it and push forward.
Chances are while you are treating that new person with mistrust and holding them at arms length you are going lose out. As human beings we can only take so much and its only a matter of time despite how strongly we may feel for you before we walk away. You would kick yourself if the one that you let get away turns out to be the one that you were looking for all along.
I personally have been wronged many times in the past but I've never believed in treating my new friend as if he were the one that wronged me. "I believe in the term innocent until proven guilty" therefore I give everyone a fair shake to prove themselves. So far all have failed but I'm going to keep at it until I get it right. I would hate for my Prince Charming to get away because I'm blaming him for something that had nothing at all to do with him.
A lot of good people tend to be ignored by us because we continue to dwell in the past but I say its time to put down that stick and give someone new a chance to show you love. You never know, that person may just be the one for you.
