Summary

“Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You” describes hypothetical lunches between people who used to be in a relationship together. The first is entitled The No-Hard-Feelings Lunch, in which both people assure each other that there are no lingering resentments. However, these assurances are mutually unconvincing. The second is entitled The Loaded-Weapon Lunch, in which both people attempt to verbally hurt one another due to lingering post-breakup resentments. The third is entitled The Reconciliation Lunch, in which both people apologize for past wrongs and decide to resume their relationship with each other. In The For-Old-Time’s-Sake Lunch, the people have casual sex after the meal. In The Here’s-Your-Stuff-Back Lunch, the meal serves as a final goodbye between the two people.

“Rufus” is written from the perspective of a pet dog named Rufus. Rufus refers to his...