Listen, I'm glad it worked out for you, but it's not the same. Our relationship isn't starting. He knows exactly what he's throwing away.
It's not like he said he needed time. He wanted me gone. [And as much as this hurts right now the idea of holding on to some kind of false hope that he'll change his mind and want to be with her hurts more and makes her feel more than a little pathetic even if she knows if he came in that door right now saying it was a mistake that she'd run to him.]