Posted by midnight_tiptoes:
I think Horatio is the one with the baggage, to be honest. From what we've seen, Yelina is well over Raymond's death, she's dating someone else, she's even made it clear to Horatio that she wants to date him. Before this new development with Stetler, we usually saw Yelina in a light mood, joking around and everything. She was pissed about Madison but got over it quickly. Horatio's the one who drags Raymond's death into things every chance he gets, to the point where he drags Yelina down, not the other way around. She's trying to move on, find some happiness, but he keeps bringing Raymond up.
Before any dating takes place, Horatio needs to get over his issues fast. You can't rely on other people to fix you and cheer you up, same reason why you can't rely on alcohol or drugs to take your problems away. Horatio dating Calleigh simply because she has less baggage and would make his life easier is ridiculous. What's gonna happen when Calleigh has a bad day or a bad week? She's pretty depressed this season, dragging some baggage of her own. Does that make her less worthy? No. You can't reduce love and companionship to that. Horatio clearly loves Yelina, so simply being with her would make him happy. That's it. Love is not symbiosis. You're not in it to get something out of the other person for your own convenience. Horatio dating Calleigh because she's "less problematic" is synonymous, to me, of marrying for money. You're not with the person because you love them, but rather because they make you feel better about yourself (be it emotionally or economically). And clearly he doesn't love Calleigh.
Horatio won't be happy with anyone until he gets over the past. Until then, he could find the perfect woman and it wouldn't work. He and Yelina already love each other. What they need to do now is work on their personal lives, independently, and then they'll live happily ever after and all that sugary crap.