While packing for the trip, I forgot that I had brought Shirley Glass Not Just Friends home, normally I read these books at work, did not want NG to feel pressured.
Turns out while I was away, NG had been reading this a lot. It seems to give him the strength to stay away from OW. We had a brief chat on Weds night, and he said he has concluded that no matter how gentle he is in the break-up OW is too stubborn to let go gracefully, and the book confirmed his view that there is nothing else he can do but walk away cleanly. I learned during this convo, that H feel bad because he initiated the A, and wanted to make sure OW would be OK, but now realises that he has done as much as he can.
NG had expressed remorse to OW H, and he is quite disappointed that OW had not done the same to me. He has apparently suggested she consider doing so, and make it clear to me that she will be moving on with her life. To be honest, what she says is not of importance, the fact that NG feels what he does is such a balm to my bruised heart.
