SM: It was in the heat of the moment, I didn’t mean it.
Evan: Then you can come back to me tomorrow and apologize. And if I went out and slept with someone that night, you know I didn’t cheat on you, you broke up with me. You never wanted to see me again.

SM: So you don’t think there’s a respectable time to wait?
Evan: It’s not out of respect, it’s what you can handle emotionally. If you literally told me it’s over and you never want to see me again, I got a free license to do what I want.

SM: What if I say that after every argument we have?
Evan: I shouldn’t be dating you, should I? You’re clearly a psycho. Every argument ends in: “I hate you! I never want to see you again!” The next morning: “I love you. I’m back!” We’ve all had that experience.

SM: Haven’t we?
Evan: Yeah. I had a girlfriend the summer of 2000 who every time we would have a fight would leave me. Like physically leave me. We’d be at a restaurant and she would walk out the door and I’d be like, “You didn’t drive! Where are you going…?” We’d be at a wedding she would get up and leave.

SM: Yet somehow that appeals to us?
Evan: It doesn’t appeal. We put up with that when we’re not feeling good about ourselves and for some sort of extraneous reason—you’re really lonely, you’ve got problems in your life, you’re getting the best sex of your life. There are reasons you put up with extreme bullshit. But when you’re feeling good about yourself, someone does that once: Bye psycho! We really only put up with that when we’re not feeling good. We’d rather be with the psycho than be alone.