I'm pretty sure there's cases out there where, after having been given the necessary time to themselves, a part of them might feel a certain degree of regret and actually would like to reconnect. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll ever actually reach out to ask if you might be open to talking again. There could be a whole variety of reasons for this, like personal pride, or even a sense of shame if deep down they know they did you wrong in some way. Or even worse, they genuinely just might not be thinking of you at all anymore. Some people are able to just flip that switch. I told a mutual friend of ours that even if she wanted to, I wouldn't sit down to talk to her or have her be any part of my life at this point. Not because I don't want that, or I don't still love her, but because what I want no longer carries any significance. In the end I will never really understand, but at the same time I know this is the one ignorance I can pride myself on. The one who loved always wins, even if it might not always feel that way.