I was recently talking to a friend of mine who was struggling with the end of a long and complicated relationship in his life. The relationship had taken many forms over the decade including romantic partner, best friend, roommate, co-dependent enabler, as well as polyamorous lover. This transition of their relationship was an especially hard one, because this time, it was trying to end all contact between him and the other person (with questionable rationale involved). In the course of talking and chatting and texting, I ended up sending one simple text that I think manages to summarize a lot of what I think about people interacting with each other,…