This is a great story. I think folks are misreading it as something to be taken literally or that we're supposed the condone the narrator's reaction. I will sa

This is a great story. I think folks are misreading it as something to be taken literally or that we're supposed the condone the narrator's reaction. I will say that I relate, because I once overreacted to a breakup going on a massive self-improvement binge. I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand, I don't think it came from a place of sound mental health and self-esteem. On the other, a lot of good did come out of it, and I eventually found intrinsic motivation, rather than evaluating myself by how I thought my ex would think about me.