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Text thread, Sunday night

The Ex Texts

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You and Imogen broke up in the spring, after two years. It was sad but fair, and you've finally stopped checking her stories. It's Sunday night, twenty to eleven, and your phone lights up with her name. You don't want to get back together. You do want to be kind.

What you practice

Reading the room and spotting a clear no and leaving on a high note. It plays out as a text thread: timing, tone and the move to a real plan.

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