>If anything, he
>should write the letter, save it, then pull it out years later
>on some "I can't believe I was all hung-up over *that* woman."



He NEEDS to write that pain out. Once he's done, seal it and throw it in whatever box he stores his "back in the day" isht. One day years from now he'll read that and be glad he didn't send it.

Spoken from experience.