Trying to break up

My friend tried to break up with the woman he was seeing and every time she would cry so he kept sticking around though she wasn't treating him all that well and she wasn't meeting his expectations in spite of how low they were. Finally, he called it quits for good. She contacted him via text a couple (even stating that she loved him) of times and he didn't reply. Then she emailed. Later she called. He said some things that he feels terrible about now. When he was telling me about it, I said that I thought he shouldn't feel guilty or bad because if she had just left things alone then he wouldn't have said all the things he's feeling so bad about. He said he feels like he sabotaged the relationship by saying those things and that he said things that would end everything with her and there would be no getting back together because of his actions. I told him that I don't think that is sabotage when he was trying to end it but she kept dangling a carrot in front of him every time he tried to break up with her. She didn't offer anything up to him unless he did try to pull away because she had been treating him like crap for four or five months. She is one of those people who only want you when you don't want them. Losing someone like that is not a loss.