Naemanson, Boy have I got a story for you!! I think stories like this happen because, underneath, men seem to honor the commitment their hearts make, even when the women they make it to, seldom seem to get it then, or later. But rather, on their emotional bent, in the moment. When the options get slim, they'll agree to be with you...but bring all their baggage with them, and want to punish you(possibly a good man) for all the bad jerks they chose to be with, in the interim.
   Now watch all the ire of unhappy women jump all over me. The happier ones, will think about it and tend to agree. Then again, with the 'need to feel innocent' none of them will admit to being one of the unhappy ones. A woman once told me, in regards to a man,.."If I can't make him happy, then I can't make him unhappy, either"...That swings both ways.