Why do you insist on keeping up this charade? Stop kidding yourself and everyone around you that you’re getting on with your life, because you’re not.

Either go back to Marsha and all the dysfunction that comes with it, or get her out of your life altogether. And for the love of God don’t involve anyone else in your life until you’ve done one of those two things. Don’t make someone else your stepping stone, your yoyo, your Rebound Girl, your I’m-Lonely-And-Horny Girl, like you made me.

Sometimes, Mark, you either have to shit or get off the pot – and this is one of those times. Take Marsha back and stop bitching about how bad it was, or get rid of her completely and move on. You will not be emotionally available even to yourself, let alone another person, until you do. And don’t go fucking around with someone else’s life until you have your own shit together.