My brother passed up an awesome woman in exchange for someone who makes me cringe.
Two women were after him, and he chose L. He told the other woman, S, that he will pursue this thing with L, so S cuts out of the picture.
L is nauseatingly self-centered. Her e-mails are dry, as they drone on about how busy she is.
S is your all-around thoughtful person who is also ambitious and has made a great life for herself, on her own.
So L somehow loses steam in the whole situation, and my brother and L end things.
Having earlier thrown S away, my brother now has nothing.