[DianaB]

I have a cousin that did almost this exact thing. Mark's girlfriend was a wonderful girl and my Aunt just loved her. In my Aunt's opinion she was just perfect for Mark in every way. When Mark broke up with her she called my Aunt and they were both very upset. Everyone thought that they'd eventually get back together but it didn't happen. It ended up that Mark found another girl and in a short time they were married.

Don't give up hope. We can't understand all the reasons that our kids do what they do but I'm sure he's thought this over very carefully. It sounds like he's being very grown-up and is taking the decision about not keeping his girlfriend very seriously. It's really hard to let our kids make their own decisions sometimes. He sounds like a very responsible boy.