Nope, it'll just justify (in his mind) leaving her because she let herself go and she's been increasingly pathetic and clingy. She's using him because she can't take care of herself. He got bamboozled.

Love your comment. So true about being 40s and 50s. If you're not super hot when you're younger, same thing. Let's not fool ourselves over the chivalry politics. It's only offered to attractive women or to impress attractive women they want to shoot their shot for.