Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Dumped (by app)

We had played each other on the song guessing app for six years, ever since we were matched up when I visited Iceland in 2016; we both liked Classic Rock and stuck to 70s playlists


For a few weeks this year (2022) I was

"out of sorts" and didn't log in; when

I next opened the app

I saw Haraldur had terminated our six-year

rivalry


I mean, I led him by 520 to 186 games,

he was a bit slow,

but I valued our unspoken international alliance


It stung for a while but my

main concern was that my wife,

whenever I played the game,

always asked me how 'your friend Olaf' was doing


And now I just can't admit that he's

no longer my friend


I am 55 years old


- from Voyageur, July 2022

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