I truly detest that feeling of “incompleteness” that come from parting on poor terms, but as the saying goes, “When a ship lifts, all bills are paid.”
(Yes, I know the full quote is followed up by the words “No regrets,” but I don’t think I’d trust someone with NO regrets any more than I’d trust someone overly burdened by them.)
Still . . . I wonder how bad it would be if I dropped either one of them a line just to ask how they’ve been.
Pretty bad, I imagine.