I have a few and I think they're ALL really lucky... and chances of it happening for me, much as I want it are slim to none:
*A best friends friend split with her boyfriend, got back together around 5 years later, dated again, now married and have a gorgeous baby girl.
*The same best friend herself had a teenage relationship, broke up, dated other people, about 10 years later they got back together and are now living together and I think in it for the long run!!
*A different best friend was seeing a guy she works with, just out of a messy relationship, he ended up breaking it off with her, she rebuilt her life, kept busy (they kept working together) a year later he came back and they're back together - it's not been easy but they've just been away together and it's looking good.
*My sister broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years. Everyone was stunned by it, she kept LC, then went NC for a number of months (around 5 in total), he slowly came back to her, and then they took the leap to try again, they've now been married coming up to 2 years and have a beautiful baby girl.
I really hope the above happens for me.... though chances are looking very bad....... I've done everything right, yes I begged when he ended it, but as soon as it became clear he felt it was the right choice I shut him off. LC since about various logistics of things we've had to sort, and now for me I think I need to just cut all ties. I am broken over this, and keeping busy helps for a bit and then it hits me, the complete out of the blue-ness of it, the love I felt I now have nowhere to put it.... it's awful. NC is for me though - not to get him back, mainly because I feel he won't be so I need to protect myself from any further rejection. It's only going to break me even more....
Keep posting stories everyone - as whilst there are some of us who have given up on it, it's still nice to see!! I often think how if they loved us how could they do it.... but the above show that actually it happens more often than not!!