AliasALIAS said:
2 years may seem like a short time to get over a dead and missing love, but what's even more likely than being depressed and not dating is moving on. If Sydney was dead, would her soul want to see Vaughn alone and grieving? No, and Vaughn could have very well seen it that way too.
(Agreeing here)
First, Vaughn and Sydney weren't actually together that long. And second, we know that Vaughn had trouble dealing with the fact that he loved someone who came along with the baggage (your-mom-killed-my-dad; I-have-issues-with-your-dad) that Sydney does--he spent a long time trying to run away from that by dating someone else while continuing to send signals Syd's way. So when Sydney disappeared, he had a real opportunity to cut loose, didn't he? Moving on is a natural reaction given past tendencies, no matter his feelings for Sydney. They weren't together long enough for him to work through all of his issues and truly make that commitment.
Meanwhile, look at the guy who did hang on and never let go of his lost love. Jack is the poster boy for that. More than 20 years have passed and he's still not moved on. And look how iced over, cold, and unhappy it's made him.
Now, I'm not getting all judgmental on Vaughn and saying he should have hung in there--you know, maybe he was even right to move on (if that's in fact what he did). But it's a
human thing to do--probably a lot more human than what Jack did.
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