So she left and started a new life for herself in another city, replete with successful career and pretty toy-boy. He stayed behind to nurture his personal empire and took to enjoying the attentions of a few fresh-faced lovers. Then, depending on who’s telling the story, he came crawling back and/or they made a mutual decision to hook up again. ‘Had they known from the start?’ I asked them. Did they know that they were just taking a break when they broke it off?