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Why Her Plus-One Brought a Gun to My Heart
The Monday After

Why Her Plus-One Brought a Gun to My Heart

If your date brings anyone to your date (even if you stupidly agreed to it), just stand up and leave without saying a word; your silence will echo louder than her poor decision-making.

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Ryan Locklear
Jun 30, 2025
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There’s taking a break, and then there’s rewiring your entire central nervous system because a woman you liked invited you to a date… and brought her ex-boyfriend.

No, this is not a test of your emergency broadcast system. This was real life. And no, I wasn’t on mushrooms or caught in some twisted AI-generated reality simulation—though honestly, either w…

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