...Consider too that what you are describing is not something that most people have thought about. In a way, your thoughts do not have the luxury of a ready context in our society’s thoughts about ex-loves.
Perhaps you could construct an analogy or metaphor that represents such a person,...I, as one who can relate directly, can imagine there
are plenty enough people who have thought about it, whether through experience, literature, theatre or even soap opera's/motion pictures... but, of course, agree with the "most" as quantity.
I
suppose that if it was
"a ready context in our society’s thoughts" we'd already have a specific word for it. It does, however, seem ready *enough... since the question is now being
posed.
The 'ember' analogy holds up nicely to Dgeigh's *requirements.
CathCoy, did you actually® have a word then lose it, or was the concept so strong that you had everything but the word?
