It's been that way for a while, and I can picture it. What once withstood the wind, rains, and occasional bug got hit by a rock. The rock is gone, but the marks remain, slowly spreading out. Cracks occur, farther and farther from the central issue, but rooted in that same unhappiness. Things have been up and down, and she's having a hard time seeing around it all. So she's ready for a clearer perspective, ready to protect herself and be happy, to drive through her life without worrying about the cracking windshield. She's moving on.

I feel so bad for him. I don't witness them together very much, but when they do work it's easy to see how great they are for each other. He wants to be vegan and she likes her hamburgers, but they learn from each other and have gone through so much supporting each other. They are a very cute couple, not that I guess that's really relevant, but I guess they won't be sometime between now and the end of spring break. I support her - if this is what is right for her, than I am 100% behind her decision.

I know it's not my place to feel sad about it but right now it can't be helped. In the end, it's not a cracked windshield, but a breaking relationship, almost 2 years of struggle/success/love/compromise being swept away in the resignation that, for now, and maybe ever, this is what's better - being without each other.

I guess I'm just scared that one day that will be me...