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    mbot says Spock yeah!: Anyone notice the timeline at the top? The 'perfunctory intercourse' stage comes by week two. Ouch. more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: that last line of the chart reminds me of this from "The Reader": "Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily. Be... more »
    weetziebat: my "Break up over crepes" was a break up over a weird shirt. him: you look like you're in your pajamas! me: It's a kimono shirt! him: I don't want to... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: I'm a little worried seeing that chart that my relationship is sneaking into "creeping malaise" or maybe even "prolonged awkwardness." I don't wanna ... more »
    cantankasaurus rex: wow, the timeliness of this is, um, somewhat unnerving. the last 24 hours of my life have been ricocheting up and down the chart between ill-advised c... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: My Malaise doesn't creep. It usually drives a Lamborghini. more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Hmm...going by personal experience, this chart is pretty accurate. My last lengthy relationship pre-Mr. Foibles was almost a mirror of the steps liste... more »
    NefariousNewt: Crepes. Many a realationship has been felled by their warm, soft, and wholesome goodness. Too often, it is the contents which drive a wedge between ot... more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: So the secret of long marriage is to hold steady at the low white/upper beige area. There. Watch for my self-help book. more »
    dianersb was bit by a zombie: Creeping Malaise is the name of my new emo band. more »
    Annammm: Jezebel, I love you. I ended a four year relationship yesterday, of which essentially the last two years were "argument over foreign policy" time. If ... more »
    FroderickFronkensteen: Where's the fight over Scrabble? more »
    SaturdaysChild: I once had an intense fight with a casual fling about whether or not bees were animals. He was convinced they were not. This is when I knew he needed ... more »
    andBegorrah: Damn, when I said "I've been doing it backwards all these years" I meant that as a figure of speech. more »
    Zombies make the heart grow fonder: Uh oh...the bf and I had an argument over someone writing the following: "Lindsay Graham's an idiot". This lead to an argument in which I said that ... more »
    vivianthelibrarian: I really wanted to read this and be all 'thank God my relationships don't all fit neatly into the little box' but umm, yeah, that's pretty much the gu... more »
    emilyanne: Here is the British version. Go to pub. Drink. Spend evening getting drunk. Have conversation with stray bloke which revolves around monosylabbic and ... more »
    bluebears: An ex-boyfriend and I once had an argument about the middle east and our (US) policy therein. I might have been raising my voice (read screaming my he... more »
    Lymed: I had a relationship in college that started with an argument over immigration quotas and pretty much moved next to prolonged awkwardness as I was dat... more »
    inabook: I think I do these in the wrong order. Passionate sexual discovery and reassuring companionship come before dedicated courtship, and arguments over f... more »
  • #ennuiometer

    Are We At "Creeping Malaise" Yet?

    Need a handy graphical representation of basically every breakup ever? Check out the Doomed Relationship Chart. Especially apt — the "arguement over foreign policy" stage. Except for us it might be an "arguement" about spelling. [BuzzFeed]