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I've been dumped before, Renee. This isn't pain I'm feeling, it's nostalgia.
— Ally
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Ally shrugs off a breakup by reframing it: she's been dumped before, so what she feels isn't fresh pain, it's nostalgia. The joke is turning heartbreak into a familiar old memory, a sort of wry, self-protective humour that treats repeated rejection like a tour of the past.
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