DC (GB? ) your post is spot on.
My fave is a girl who left the Bar the night we met and never went back, even left her "stuff' in the locker there. Probably not due to me as it was no doubt brewing, but let's say it was a catalyst.
There followed several weeks together 24/7, long phone calls from back home, reunions, and ultimate disaster.
As JaiDee knows, once they get into the ice scene, game over Despite her demise (and mood swings), she still entertained the fantasy that we would be together and bring her lil bro to stay with us in BKK.
The reality was so far from the dream that it still pains me to feel I somehow let her down. But I just had to get out.