Man some story, we all know guys like that sadily. Had a look on a miserable relationship website recently, and everybody on it apparently has GIGS (Grass is greener Syndrome) They just all talk about their Ex's going through this, fighting among themselves and are waiting for their Ex's to come back in the future so they can have the final laugh....Ohh its just emotional immaturity, she'll snap out of it. So sad its painful to read.
Whatever happened to just being a man, and not accepting anything less. Hands up, i have dated some idiots, and made mistakes. But I have never said "Hey I might as well just settle, don't want to be alone!"
On the other side though, I had a friend when I was younger, his married mother and father split when he was a kid. His father was physically abusive and used to beat the hell out of his mom in front of him and his brother. After they split, his mother hit the bottle hard. He spent many days with his brother at my house, while She drank, and tried to replace a father figure for the kids. I remember all the "Uncles" who used to give them toys, gameboys etc when they were kids. You know what happened. They guys grew up, moved far far away from home, and made great lives for themselves and are now happy. Their mother has been happily dating a guy for the last number of years, and their father committed suicide last year...