A bundle of old letters tied with a blue ribbon lies on a round tray beneath a dried rose.

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Laurel Boyd

Don't cry at the begining of a date. Cry at the end, like I do.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Here's dating advice with a sad punchline. Save the tears for the end of the date, the speaker says, because that's when they do it. The joke is self-mockery about dates that reliably finish in disappointment.

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