Older guys dating attractive younger women do dumb things
I'm personally honing my doing dumb things skills in the off chance I get a shot at giving it a go
If it’s any consolation, these situations tend to be transitory and temporary so he will probably be back around in the near future
If he reaches out I will be either unreceptive, or accept at arms length. I won’t reinvest into something that spectacularly failed. That’s the reason I very rarely give a woman a second chance, either.