Breakups are hard. Whether life’s natural progression causes you to drift apart, some action catalyzes a split, or a rich Texas businessman offers them $252 million and they leave town immediately, there’s no recipe for getting over traumatic heartbreak.
When the heartbreaker is a tall, dark, and handsome lothario who you essentially grew up with, uncoupling your life with theirs is all the more difficult. They didn’t have to seek out a new job that ensures you’d still see them 12-15 times a year, though.
This is what Alex Rodriguez did to the Mariners 20 years ago.