Melody’s Reviews > Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed > Status Update

Breakups tend to fall into the category of silent losses, less tangible to other people. So friends assume that you’ll move on relatively quickly, and things like these concert tickets become an almost welcome external acknowledgment of your loss—not only of the person but of the time and company and daily routines, of the private jokes and references, and of the shared memories that now are yours alone to carry.