Summary

Maggie lists all of the reasons her “marriage ended” (1). It was partially her fault, and partially her ex Jon’s fault. After he moved out, “taking the cat,” Maggie photographed herself to “preserve the moment” (2).

Maggie and Jon married two years prior. They “fell in love at university” (4). Because she was young, she often felt marriage was “slightly surreal” (5).

Maggie spent her days lying on the floor the way divorced women do in movies (6). She texted her friends Clive, Amirah, and the Laurens, in “the group chat” (7). She waited to tell them the news, unable to “face their questions” (9). Meanwhile, she felt aimless and lost. The eating disorder she had developed in high school threatened to return. She watched television and waited to hear from Jon. They had only been married for 608 days, and had promised to divorce amicably. While eating bread in...