i was able to rebook for a fee and being scolded. my two ideas are kind of for his two significant exes - the first is somebody around his own age that he dated in grad school, they only broke up because the ex took a contract somewhere and they kind of long distanced for a while until it just got too hard and fizzled out, the second is a guy he dated about two-and-a-half years ago that he straight up ghosted. there's more to these ideas but that's kind of the general idea, they're non-romantic ideas but definitely could have some feelings