We may not feel as good as we had hoped we would. We expect to feel good because we are exploring a new relationship, and a new relationship is supposed to be fun and exciting. We may expect to feel less grief, because we have chosen to do something new in our lives, after a period of mourning. Note the significantly high bar those two expectations demand, however. If losses are psychologically twice as powerful as gains, then we would have to feel twice as good in a new relationship as we did in our previous relationship in order to feel the same level of happiness.
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