This is so on brand for her to excuse him, but she didn’t ask for this. He demanded it. And now she’s losing her job. I would be bawling my eyes out of I weren’t screaming until his ears bled
If I’ve been allowing meetings to run over and getting up before dawn to check emails to stop myself thinking about her, that’s no big deal. It’s a healthy coping mechanism.
“So let me get this straight, you think she’s worth dating, but you don’t want to date her. And you don’t want anyone else to date her either? Seems unfair to me.”