"I really feel like it hurt a lot more ten years ago," Adam said. "But then again, I haven't gone through a really nasty breakup in a long time, either." He shrugged. "And it doesn't always end in broken hearts and name-calling, either. Sometimes it just ends, and you say, well, we'll keep in touch, but then you don't." Not that he really wanted to get into that whole conversation, but he could.
"Uh," he said, putting his pen down and shuffling through the cards. "Yeah, here. Another crush? Burgeoning b-f-f-hood?"