Issue #251: Letting Go of an Old Story to Move into a New One

A little life update (I'm single).

“I just broke up with C,” I told my friend as soon as she picked up the phone.

“What!?” she exclaimed. Another friend leaned against a brick wall as we waited in line for a food truck, “I need a second.”

“It’s real this time, I swear,” I quickly added.

The qualifier was necessary: Over the course of two years, I’d broken up with C half a dozen times, including the two that I shared here (and here). My girlfriends, understandably, needed some convincing.

Over texts, walks, and meals since our breakup several weeks ago, they each asked me some variation on the same question: Are you sure? What’s different this time?

I’m guessing you have the same question—what’s different this time?—so let me tell you…