Do you know what BRB means? It means Be Right Back. It doesn't mean Bye. It means that you will return to your computer/phone after a while and continue the conversation. I don't understand why BRB is used when they just don't bother to continue to conversation after. It's like they're pretending, living in their ideal world where everything is still fine. Pretending that the bonds they feel for each other are still mutual and strong, when it's actually just perfunctory, just acting out the roles of what they used to do so naturally, cuz it's what everyone assumes to still be true.
The part of Beastly that stuck with me: when the dude (who has turned ugly) calls the dad (who's been postponing their meeting for breakfast or something for weeks) and he gets voicemail, and he just says, Why don't we just stop pretending. And he hangs up.
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