Vector...damn near killed her.

A vector is an element that has potential. In addition to standard spacial coordinates, symbolic or otherwise, a vector contains transitional data which indicates a known past and an expected future. It represents motion in stasis.

It was the end of something...

There was a fire and the boyhood christmas sock was lost to the world. If I couldn't let go the regret for the things I've lost, I couldn't go on.

The takeaway

The key to any relationship is good writing. I think that's the one real thing I learned about life from a lifetime in front of a television. It wasn't that the good guys are the ones in white hats. Or that mountains are moved and contracts are signed in 23 minutes of hard work without commercial interruption; and it's certainly not that the right girl comes along but she thinks you're a pig and maybe you are but you can change if you have the hourlong format and so you live happily ever after when she finally comes to her senses. None of that is real; in fact, it's probably recklessly unreal.

But the point of the great romance narratives is not to be blinded by the fantasy, it's to be inspired by it. No one is going to write your love story but you--so be sure you picked a good co-writer.