Here’s the follow up to the break-up: It happened that weekend before your advice was posted. Don’t worry about getting back late; the break-up was inevitable.

Friday, I was out with friends and not only was I getting calls from Chris, but two of my friends got calls from him looking for me! I mean, this guy lives in a different time zone — I don’t understand the urgency! It was getting stalker-ish. I still kept it real and ignored the calls.

That Saturday night I was gettin’ my grown man on (dinner and a movie) and I got no calls. I thought maybe they finally got the message. Wrong. During Avatar, I felt my phone vibrate, and whose name did I see through my 3-D goggles? Sally’s! OK, she’s never called me before. Ignoring calls wasn’t working. Now I would definitely have to do the break-up.

I called Chris on Sunday. It rang twice then went to voicemail (the ignore a call ring). I left a message. An hour went by and I finally got a call back.

I started the break-up routine. He apologized, like really apologized, explaining that his girlfriend was making him call and he knows she’s pushy. I stuck to my plan, kept focused, then grilled him about calling my friends. He apologized again. At this point I started to feel a little bad and a little amused; this whole situation was absurd. And it really was a break-up going down. So typically when I finish a break-up, I go with the “let’s just be friends,” but that wasn’t gonna work. So I stumbled around the closing, trying to search for the right words, finally giving up, flat out wishing him the best, and hanging up.

So far no calls. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

From,
-RECENTLY SINGLE IN THE DOUBLE-DATE MARKET

Dear Double-Date Single,

xx
-BARFY
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