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A profoundly miserable individual who systematically destroys any joyful atmosphere by forcibly injecting depressing personal admin into the conversation.
Read full entry →Falsely claiming indifference to a birthday celebration while secretly, and visibly, hoping for a proper fuss.
Read full entry →The unironic act of treating a routine supermarket trip with a partner as a satisfying, enjoyable shared outing.
Read full entry →Achieving a rare, comfortable equilibrium in messaging frequency that satisfies both partners' communication needs.
Read full entry →Instinctively saying sorry after a dispute, regardless of whether they were actually in the right the whole time.
Read full entry →Habitually smoothing over a chaotic breakup with an overly neat, deliberately vague explanatory phrase.
Read full entry →Deliberately extending a journey for no practical reason, purely to prolong quality time or an unfinished conversation.
Read full entry →Publicly claiming platonic contentment with an ex while privately maintaining a level of interest that suggests otherwise.
Read full entry →The generous, affectionate act of genuinely reacting to a partner's familiar joke purely out of continued love for them.
Read full entry →The uncontrolled escalation of a date conversation into extended, unsolicited detail about a previous relationship.
Read full entry →Using the vague framing of a temporary pause to effectively and permanently end contact without confirmation.
Read full entry →The indiscriminate collection of dating app matches without any real intention of following up with most of them.
Read full entry →Quietly and rapidly departing from a stated intention of keeping things low-key, without ever formally acknowledging the shift.
Read full entry →Recognising, mid-laugh, that a story or joke has already been told once and you're now hearing it for the second time.
Read full entry →Habitually and confidently finishing a partner's anecdote, occasionally with details that aren't entirely accurate.
Read full entry →Using vague, softened language to describe a relationship dynamic that is, in reality, straightforwardly unsuccessful.
Read full entry →The protective, slightly proud act of proofreading a partner's messages before they go out to friends or family.
Read full entry →The compulsive act of digging through old texts to re-analyse a comment whose meaning has suddenly become unclear.
Read full entry →Habitually characterising every past partner as unreasonable, without acknowledging any personal responsibility whatsoever.
Read full entry →Having spent an unreasonable amount of time drafting a single text, only to send a version you're still not happy with.
Read full entry →The last-minute, exam-style revision of a date's dating profile to avoid asking a question they've already answered.
Read full entry →Announcing an intention for mindfulness or focus while simultaneously demonstrating the exact opposite behaviour in real time.
Read full entry →Providing far more personal travel detail in an automated email response than any recipient actually needs or wants.
Read full entry →Claiming full comprehension of a lengthy message chain while having actually absorbed almost none of the content.
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