“Hey, I’m glad you came.” What’s happening? You sounded really weird on the phone. Is everything OK? “This is really hard to say. But no, I don’t think everything is.” What do you mean? What’s going on? This is freaking me out. “I’m sorry. I don’t know how to say this, but I think we need to break up.” What? Slow down. This is crazy. Where is this coming from? “I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I’m noticing more and more how different we are, and how we don’t seem to want the same things. I think it’s why we’ve been fighting so much lately. I don’t think either of us are actually happy.” What are you talking about? We haven’t been fighting that much. I am happy. What am I doing wrong? I can be better. “You’re not doing anything wrong, that’s the whole point. You’re being who you are, and I’m being who I am, and it’s just not working anymore.” No, that’s not true. You’ve just been stressed about school lately, and that’s why we’ve been fighting. I’ve been kind of crazy too the past few days, and I’m sorry. We can get through this. “It’s not just that. We’re growing apart. We’re too different. It’s just not working.” Please don’t do this. I care about you so much. I can’t lose you. “I know this is hard, but we have to break up. I’m sorry if I’m hurting you, I never wanted to do that, but I know this is what’s best.” Tell me what I did wrong. I can change, I’ll do anything. “No, I’m sorry. We have to do this. I need to go, but I want you to know that it’s going to be OK. All I want is for you to find someone who makes you really happy, and I know you will someday.”