How It Feels When Your Ex Publishes a Book
An old flame of mine (and by that I mean the relationship went down in flames, nahmsayin’?) told me a while back (when I was trying to remain friendly with him, how cute was I?) that he was working on a new book. This was my outward reaction:
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via GIPHY I mean, why should it matter to me either way, right? I’ve moved on.
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My new internal reaction was a bit like this.
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via GIPHY Now, I know I should just be cool about the whole thing.
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via GIPHY It’s not that I don’t wish him well.
via GIPHY It’s just that I kiiinda don’t want to hear or see anything about it.
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via GIPHY Like, I don’t think I can handle it if he wins a Pulitzer or something.
via GIPHY I’m sure I’ll take the high road, though. Maybe I’ll even give him a call to congratulate him.
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via GIPHY No, really, it’s aaaaall good.
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