Believe me, if you are broken, miserable, and lonely now, you are not ready for a relationship. See if you can get to a place where you are not feeling miserable and lonely, at least (the broken part may take a lot longer to mend, or may never mend). You need to go in stronger and more confident in yourself (don’t ask me how you do that because I’m not there yet, and it’s been years), but I do know going into a relationship with all that misery on your shoulders is not conducive to a successful relationship, and will make you feel worse than you already do, so work on yourself first ... whatever that means. Good luck! @
littlepuppywantanewlife If you do go, take@SW-User advice.