The Gospel According to Swingers

MIKE
Ok, so what if I don't want to give up on
her?

ROB
You don't call.

MIKE
But you said I don't call if I
wanted to give up on her.

ROB
Right.

MIKE
So I don't call either way.

ROB
Right.

MIKE
So what's the difference?

ROB
There is no difference right now. See Mike, the only difference between giving up and
not giving up is if you take her back
when she wants to come back. But you
can't do anything to make her want to
come back. In fact, you can only do things to
make her not want to come back.

MIKE
So the only difference is if I forget
about her or just pretend to forget about her.

ROB
Right.

MIKE
Well that sucks.

ROB
Yeah, it sucks.

MIKE
So it's just like a retroactive decision.
I mean I could, like, forget about
her and when she comes back make like I
just pretended to forget about her.

ROB
Right...although probably more likely the opposite.

MIKE
What do you mean?

ROB
I mean at first you're going to pretend to forget about her,
you'll not call her, I don't know - whatever, but then,
eventually, you really will forget about her.

MIKE
Unless she comes back first.

ROB
Mmmmmm, see, that's the thing. Somehow they
know not to come back until you really forget.

MIKE
There's the rub.

ROB
There's the rub.