When word travels fast

Unsolicited (and unhelpful) breakup advice:

• “You should ask him to visit anyway.”
• “Amor de lejos es amor de cuatro.” A far-away lover is the lover of many.
• “Distance makes the heart grow fonder … for somebody else.”
• “There’s nothing like living in poverty to keep your mind off things.”
• “Now you can marry a Peruvian!”
• “You’re in the friggin’ Peace Corps. What the #$@! were you doing with a boyfriend?”

And from the dark comes the voice of reason:

• “You want to go to the beach?”