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Is it wrong that I am happy that someone just broke up with their girlfriend?  Here's the story.  One of my former students, Sarah, with whom I still have contact, has been calling me and talking to me about the relationship woes.  Her girlfriend broke up with her officially last month.  They have tried to be "friends", but the ex-girlfriend has been seeing other people and had made the decision that she did not want to be in the relationship.  Poor Sarah, like so many people, kept hoping beyond all hope that they would get back together.  I have been telling her that she needed to make a clean break, but she kept insisting that they could be friends and work on things.  She just called me to tell me that she had a big fight with the ex and it is officially over.  She needed this.  She would continue to hang on forever otherwise.  I know that she needed this to be able to heal.  That's why I am happy.  I don't like that she is hurting, but she was hurting before.  At least now she can move forward.

BTW - an example of REALLY bad traffic - I was passed by a paraplegic in a wheelchair while I sat in traffic today.  When I finally started moving, I could see him in the far distant, just a little speck, but I never caught up to him.  That's bad.