I briefly dated a guy who was a good friend of my sister and her friends. He turned out to be a total player, one of these guys who sucks multiple girls in at one time with the "wow we have such a strong connection" thing. Uh, hello, we know each other, jerkwad. It was super lame but luckily, super short, and I moved on with the knowledge that I'd have to see him every once and again, but whatever, lesson learned.

Fast forward about six months. I get a call from him out of the blue, with a very unexpected apology. He moved 2,000 miles away and met the love of his life, and realized, now that he had the real thing, what a richard he had been. He eventually married her and has a kid and is a total family guy, complete 180 from the Don Juanabee I knew before. We later bonded over a shared ridiculous experience (not us dating, something else) and are friends. Who knew?

Moral of the story: people change. Sometimes they meet someone and it just hits them upside the head. Maybe they get sick of creating chaos. Maybe they just get older and grow out of it.