The Modern Romantic

So, I get caught in a really nasty gmail exchange with an ex-boyfriend of mine today. The kind of pyrrhic, "let's fuck over the other guy at all costs" kind of thing that only literate gay boys can get into. After the fifth or so exchange, Gmail's sponsored links suddenly pop up. Reading:

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more sponsored links »

I wonder what the trigger words are? "Relationship" AND "Fuck off"? "Personal responsibility" and "blame"? I did a search and nowhere in our epistolary pissing contest did either of us use the phrase "break-up".

It's nice to know that, even while I suck at boyfriends, Gmail and I have a "special connection".