Comments on 'The Logic of Being Dumped'“I’m breaking up with you, Robert,” she said, thunking a box on his desk. “Here’s all of your crap. I don’t want to see you ever again.”
“But that’s preposterous!” Robert replied with a chuckle. “You can’t break up with me.”
“Oh, I can. And I am," she told him. "Seeing you makes bile rise in my throat."
He frowned for a moment, “Let me explain to you why this is not advantageous.”
“Oh dear God…”
“God has nothing to do with this,” he said with a dismissive wave. “However, it has everything to do with Game Theory. For this instance let us _assume_ that you are a rational being wanting to maximize your evolutionary fitness. As a woman this means finding a mate capable of supporting a number of offspring to adulthood. In order to create a balanced societal equilibrium, I, as a virile well-off man have an evolutionary _right_ to a young attractive woman capable of producing said offspring.”
“Is that right?”
“Yes! Logically, we’re meant to be,” he concluded right before her fist connected with his nose.2007-11-16T20:20:16Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/12731Comment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>Great job. I especially liked the rationalization (text/conversation) produced by Mr. Right.</p>
<p>One of the few in this challenge that made me chuckle.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=235362007-11-16T20:20:16ZSupRspihttp://ficlets.com/authors/suprspiComment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>That’s great. I read about that mechanism, and you did a great job writing about it. Nice story!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=217012007-11-06T20:28:20Zsomeday_93http://ficlets.com/authors/someday_93Comment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>haha that 1 made me laugh. im prbly not gonna enter this 1 so u got my vote</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=215542007-11-05T22:14:18ZThe Ghost in the Machinehttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_3574Comment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>Robert is so full of himself and deserved the punch in the nose. Great job on the challenge.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=215112007-11-05T19:08:06ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>And so: we observe the female partner demonstrating her strength, health and fitness with an aggressive display towards the male partner. At this point, the male may back down, or he may continue to entice the female with further displays of his <em>own</em> fitness. Should the male successfully entice the female, the pair may mate and produce a pup in approximately 38 weeks. Good luck, Mr. Human!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=212122007-11-04T01:18:51ZHowie Amourscowhttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_396Comment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>Ooh, what a great story! I love the ending especially—he totally deserves the broken nose.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=211902007-11-04T00:42:13ZAna Cristinahttp://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on The Logic of Being Dumped<p>Awesome! It’s Mr. Intellectualization…getting punched his fool face. An excellent response to the challenge. I especially like the use of Game Theory, one of my favorite chapters in Social Psych.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/12731?basename=211752007-11-03T23:38:53ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477