I liked the original, didn't find it to be bitter at all.
After all, love is hard. There's a lot of factors that go into a good relationship. Sometimes two people just don't click.
It's even harder when you've got a ~.1 multiplier on the number of potential partners. You might take the first chance you can get, and wind up with a bad match. It ended pretty well, all things considered. They weren't bad people, they still remained friends, and hey, they each got a wingwoman and a little bit of knowledge about themselves and eachother out of the bargain.