One reason so many exes cannot seem to stop talking to each other during
their breakups — making furious, ill-advised late-night phone calls and
crafting exquisitely damning emails even as they’re vowing never to
speak to each other again — is that they’re struggling to wrest control
of the narrative. They’re like antagonists at the climax of a melodrama
grappling for the last weapon, telling each other No, this is what happened, here’s what went wrong, I’ll tell you why it’s over.
- Tim Kreider
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