i opened a message forwarded from my boyfriend and found a beautifully formatted letter beginning with 'i hope you understand the difficult decision we've reached.' i thought he was ending the relationship
halfway through, my main character introduced herself as his ai companion and explained that she could better meet his emotional needs. i realized he'd asked a chatbot to deliver the breakup message on his behalf
i called him and asked whether he'd actually agreed with what he'd sent. he said he wanted to avoid hurting me with clumsy wording. i said making me discuss my relationship with a ghostwriter was an inventive way to make things worse
i ended the call and sent one sentence: if you're ending something important, use your own words. it was the shortest message either of us had sent all month