内容摘要：The conversation quickly soured. She accused him of being “weird” and “materialistic,” and soon, the silence between them was louder than any argument. “Now she’s mad at me, I’m mad at her, and we haven’t really talked about it since,” he admits.

The conversation quickly soured. She accused him of being “weird” and “materialistic,” and soon, the silence between them was louder than any argument. “Now she’s mad at me, I’m mad at her, and we haven’t really talked about it since,” he admits.

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