Well it's different for everyone, but the best way I can explain it is... It's the same as when some on you love dies. You have to chose to move on but that doesn't mean the love you had for that person really goes away. Sometimes you love someone so much no matter of how many years pass the love you had for them is still there even if they are around you alive or not. I've been in love with the same guy for 9 years. He didn't want to get me involved with his lifestyle and we decided to go our separate ways. I still love him and if he popped back up in my life right now I can honestly say I'd forgive him and still want to be around him. but It's not like I'm obsessed with him or that I'm not trying to move on. I just loved him with my whole heart and that's a hard thing to stop doing. ╮(❀︶︿︶)╭
Wow, your story sounds like something you’d read in a manga but I hope you’re happy now
Blows my mind how someone can stay in love with a person they HAVEN’T SEEN in 10 FRIGGIN YEARS. But props to you, boy. My crushes don’t even last 1 week lol.