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The Etch a Sketch Effect Will Explain Every Break-Up You’ve Ever Had

Stop me if this sounds familiar. Your relationship is going great (no, like, for real though), when your boyfriend gets some bad news. Maybe he got passed up for a promotion; maybe his childhood dog died. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with you or the state of your union. And yet, faster than you can say, ‘Hey, man, you are being weird—what is happening?’ you are, wait for it…single.

You, my friend, may be a victim of a little thing I like to call the Etch a Sketch Effect. Reminder if it’s been a while: an Etch

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