That was the point of the character, J.R. said it himself, it was after she broke his heart as a young man that he become cynical about love and relationships, which is what lead to his later behavior. That actually makes some sense. It's as I've said in other threads before about some of the lesser-quality storylines in the later seasons, the ideas weren't all bad, just some of the execution of them that failed. In the case of the Vanessa and James storyline, I never agreed with all that "Lovely Beaumont" talk her, but I agree that Larry and that actress just didn't have the right chemistry, so it never came off as believable as J.R. and Sue Ellen, or Mandy, or even Cally. Likewise, the idea of J.R. having some illegitimate grown son out there is also a good one, but Sasha Mitchelle just didn't have the right amount of charisma for that role.
