You took Alex to the Bronx Zoo once—or was it Anthony?—to see if the primates might make some magic for you, but the Monkey House was gone. It had been torn down in 2012. I’m kind of a sweet and salty kind of guy. That’s always been my writing—a little bit of both. But as I’ve gotten older, I have gotten less cynical. There was a long time where I was like, I’m gonna be single forever. Relationships are doomed to fail. Nobody can really know you … ‘We live alone in the house of the heart.’ That’s Brian Doyle [who famously considered the capacity of humans to love], another influence. I read an Atlantic article about this book, and it was laudatory enough to make me think about reading this collection. I then saw the author in person at a publicity event. Raphael Bob-Waksberg came across as emotionally intelligent and funny, and peers of his (Jonny Sun and others) lauded him too, so I bought the book.

Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You” lists hypothetical scenarios between two people who used to date. In all of the scenarios, there is the sense of lingering tension between the two people.

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The Average of All Possible Things,” follows a character named Lucinda who works as a clerk/researcher at a law firm. She does not like her job very much. For five months, she dates Gavin, one of the lawyers at the firm. Gavin then ends the relationship. At first, Lucinda has trouble getting over the relationship, as she sees Gavin at work often. However, she then eventually begins to heal. SIDENOTE - i also really like the playfulness with fonts that occurs in this story and several others throughout the collection. it’s weird and wonky and fun.

Wonderfully absurd and unexpectedly moving. . . . These stories are at times poignant and triumphantly silly, but always manage to ring true.” — Publishers Weekly But if there's a silver lining here (and you're not sure there is one), it's the assurance that what you had, whatever it was, had weight. It made an impact.” And I thought about how, actually, if you wanted to, you could say the same thing about life. That life is terrifying and overwhelming and it can happen at any moment. And when you’re confronted with life you can either be cowardly or you can be brave, but either way you’re going to live. So you might as well be brave.” i wanted to like this a lot more than i actually did. i think the only story i genuinely enjoyed was the last one. other than that, the stories were okay. they had their standout moments, but as a whole, they werent particularly standout in themselves. Show me how to enable it Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, read by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Variouswe will laugh about how there was a time, not even that long ago, when we hadn’t even met, and what were we doing not meeting, who were we fooling, whose time were we wasting?” It’s okay,” said Debbie. “You know, I used to be super-bummed, but the truth is you can get over anything with enough time. That was the other part of the idea behind the watch, the first part being the thing about you not having to look at your phone. The other part was so that you could remember that time was passing. For most things, really, the only thing to do is just let there be time.”

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to Sometimes I feel like I don’t have to tell you things, because I feel like when you look at me, you can see everything.” There are two kinds of people, he thought: the people you don’t want to touch because you’re afraid you’re going to break them, and the people you don’t want to touch because you’re afraid they’ll break you.”

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Users who reposted Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, read by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Various We will be close on Friday 18 July – takes a typo on a sign and turns it into a sort of wistful musing on what could have been. A fittingly melancholy conclusion to this collection.a bitterbleak comedy, in outline form, bullet-pointing a couple’s relationship arc—all the empty reassurances, promises, self-delusions, and gaslighting that goes into maintaining a healthy modern relationship. another brief one, but it’s astute and funny, plus it gets points for successfully suggesting the entire body of a relationship using only these skeletal snippets. You’d already started dating Sean when Boris called, late, drunk, and asked if you wanted to go to Staten Island. You’d never been to Staten Island, and Boris had never been to Staten Island, and since Boris was about to move to Philadelphia, this seemed like as good a time as any to visit Staten Island.