He's not going to magically transform into
the wonderful man
you always hoped he'd become
or even the moderately decent man
he pretended to be to get you in the first place.
I know for me it was always that thought
that now he's 'got' someone else
he's suddenly going to become this wonderful dream - man
for her
when all he could manage
was to be crap for me.
It doesn't work like that.
He's the same person he always was.
And without major work on himself -
he's always going to be that way.
Look how far back the behavior goes -
the girl is still practically a teenager.
He just finally found someone
fool enough to buy into it.
That's all that means.
Apparently right out of high school was the best he could do.
P.T. Barnum said it the absolute best:
"There's one (a sucker) born every minute."
Always has been (that way) and always will be.