Dear Bradley:

Because of the past incident with her child present and because of your strong feelings for her… and because she disregarded your feelings by sharing with you, knowing how you feel about her (!), about her interest in another man, I think it is better to not pursue a friendship with her either. Because you live close enough to each other (you bumped into her yesterday, you wrote), be civil to her, that is  all.

The fact that she shared with you a lot about her life and cried does not mean there was friendship worth keeping or re-starting because, again, she disregarded your feelings repeatedly- and that is not what friendship is about.

I hope you post again with your thoughts and feelings.

anita