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Breaking
up
in
the
digital
era
Jess
Moleman
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The
first
time
I
broke
up
with
a
girl
was
fairly
easy.
I
called
her
on
her
home
number.
Her
mother
answered
the
phone.
“Hello
Colwin,
how
are
you?”
“I’m
fine,
miss
Riviera.
Can
you
ask
Tanya
to
come
to
the
phone?”
“Of
course;
here
she
comes.”
“Hello
Tanya.
I’ve
been
thinking
this
over
and
I
think
it
is
better
if
we
never
see
each
other
again.”
I
hung
up
and
tore
the
little
paper
with
her
phone
number
in
two
and
that
was
that.
Tanya
I
did
see
again;
we
lived
in
the
same
village.
That
next
time
however
we
were
like
strangers.
She
didn’t
even
say
Hello
to
me.
Life
was
easier
back
then.
*
*
*
Years
later,
I
feel
the
undeniable
need
to
break
up
again,
this
time
with
Judy.
In
the
meantime
the
turning
of
the
world
has
brought
us
cell
phones,
the
internet,
reality
TV,
the
iPod,
machines
that
make
coffee
from
pads,
digital
cameras
and
low
‐
cost
airlines.
They
say
we
have
become
more
developed.
I
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have
been
dating
Judy
for
almost
a
year.
She
lives
two
hours
away.
On
my
laptop
I
saved
some
screenshots
of
her
naked
in
front
of
her
webcam.
We
are
a
modern
couple.
I
don’t
like
her
anymore.
On
Facebook
I
change
my
relationship
status
to
single.
On
her
wall
a
broken
heart
appears.
Judy
is
no
longer
listed
as
in
a
relationship
with
Colwin.
I
consider
this
to
be
enough,
but
just
to
be
sure,
I
also
write
her
an
SMS.
“Judy,
let’s
take
a
break
for
a
while;
a
long
while.
X.”
And
that
was
that,
I
think.
Over
the
next
three
days
we
exchange
some
communication.
The
bottom
‐
line
of
what
she
says
was
that
she
is
not
at
all
pleased
with
my
decision
and
that
basically
she
hates
me.
To
add
emphasis
to
her
words,
she
changes
her
status
to
“Judy
is
looking
for
a
way
to
hurt
Colwin
really
bad.”
On
her
wall,
encouraging
words
appear
from
her
friends.
Some
suggest
measures
as
severe
as
deleting
me
from
her
friends
list.
She
does.
Needless
to
say,
at
this
point
my
feelings
for
Judy
are
little
more
than
nothing.
I
assume
the
best
way
to
deal
with
her
is
to
never
see
her,
or
anything
about
her,
again.
Like
I
had
done
with
Tanya
by
destroying
her
phone
number.
This
proves
to
have
become
slightly
more
complicated.
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