Question regarding ethics

What's the difference between someone who is following his own path and living his own authority, and someone who for the past year has been living with blinders on and acting like an irresponsible asshole?

Is it done? Really? I hope so. I hope resolution has been reached, even if it's not what he's envisioned. I truly hope he doesn't carry this into November or the rest of his life. It doesn't, in my estimation, deserve his attention any further. His wife does. His son does. His house does. His friends do. His Work and work do. I do.

It's hard watching someone you love waste their time. It's hard enough to watch for a year - I know I don't have it in me to tolerate this anymore, especially not after reading his email saying that it was over. It really had better be, or he'd better not be surprised at how much he's already lost, or what he will lose.

He says I don't have cause to worry. I hope I don't.