When Romance Goes South, There’s No Reason To Go Cold Turkey On The Social Media
This blog dissects, pontificates and discusses storytelling in the context of business.
Which isn’t the same as being an actual storyteller.
But I’m going to deviate from the script and share a story that falls under the you-can’t-make-this-stuff-up category.
One of my son’s friends will be attending college out of the area.
Figuring he wasn’t cut out for a long-distance relationship with the girlfriend, he concluded the relationship needed to end.
But the idea of ending things all at once seemed too painful.
Instead, he proposed (probably could have found a better verb) a schedule – which kicked off in late May – to his girlfriend to systematically wean (another poor verb choice) each party from the other.
Specifically, the plan dials down the social media connections over a period of time. You can see the game plan below.
Looks like he didn’t want to go too fast with the Skype calls.
Maybe he had a role model that succeeded with the six-week Slim-Fast system.
I’m no Dr. Phil, but I don’t think this story is going to have a happy ending.
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LOL
This is great.
I was thinking that maybe his Maw would’ve told him bust a rhyme and put on a play for her, so she could’ve thrown popcorn at him.
Can you please do a 3-D graph showing trips to the batting cage and his correlating increase in batting average? Now we’re talkin’ quantifiable benefit.
Now that’s a fresh angle.
I’m guessing he never saw melodrama at the Gaslighter or the play/popcorn jig would have been part of the plan.
And I’m sure there’s the correlation between trips to the batting cage and ability to strike the ball but I’m not the guy to create an infographic.
How genuinely funny, sad, and touching. A “plan” that could only come from a future engineer or market analyst. I think you are right. This plan can only end in tears.
Thanks for weighing in Steve.
You’re right.
This individual enters an engineering school in the Fall.