LFL, Brian wrote: "He understood the meaning of his words. The question is, were those the words of a man giving up or just the words of an insensitive idiot lashing out?"
I don't mean to belabor this, but I truly don't believe your "inability to forgive" is just coming from you. I think he deliberately wanted to hurt you with these words, and that means there is unfinished business re The Departure. Yeah, he has apologized, etc., but have those apologies really reached your heart?