People are gregarious by nature. We actively seek out the company of others. Sometimes in real life--whether in person or on the 'nat--things don't work out. Often they do. Marriage--I was married for 27 years--and finally it ended. Stuff happens. I don't blame my ex--but I will be damned if I will go around blaming myself either. The dynamics of two people 'breaking up' is not as simple as "S/he is bad and the one at fault." Life doesn't happen in isolation; nor does it happen in a vacuum.

I see many things in my ex to admire. I would never, under any circumstance, try to assign the blame to her. She is a wonderful woman, and that's all anyone's gotta know. That said, people who think of the other sex/gender as lesser beings are in for a rough time. If you're too good for the other to beginn with, you'll just keep getting better and the other person won't. Wow. Lucky you. Perfect--and all alone.

Metchosin is right (as is Freda). Lighten up and recognize that everyone ain't perfect. Life gets easier to cope with that way. IMO of course.