“Often the diarists will be on the verge of spending the evening with one partner, when a text arrives from another with a potentially better offer. To guard against not being chosen at all, Yang writes, ‘everyone is on somebody’s back-burner, and everybody has a back-burner of their own, which they maintain with open-ended texts.’”

If you’re reading this blog, I’m going to wager there’s a 65% chance you’ve gotten more than one of these from me. My apologies. Or, depending on the evening, you’re welcome.