Lucia Whalen in NYT on being dumped: ‘Ours had been a short but intense summer romance. He was not my usual type, but we clicked. I knew early on that we might not have been right for each other, but we were having fun.’

And: ‘“Let’s get a pancake,” he said. “No thanks, I’m good on a pancake,” I said. He proceeded to order a pancake with vanilla ice cream. When our server set the pancake down in front of me, I quickly picked the plate up and placed it in front of him, announcing, “This is not my pancake.”’

As well: ‘I will never try to convince someone to want me.’

Don’t let the person you are going to dump eat in front of you, especially not a tuna melt or a pancake. What is the proper way to dump someone?

Whenever you meet someone, start by asking: ‘What’s the best way to dump you?’

(a sf 2184)