7 Reasons Why Getting Your Heart Broken Is Actually a Really Good Thing

As teenagers, many of us draft a list of all the traits our perfect partner will have. After a failed relationship, you'll learn the traits that are actually important to you in a mate, and you'll take a pencil to your childhood list (or throw it out the window completely). Broken hearts teach us not only who we are as partners, but also what we need (and deserve) from love.