Getting the last word isn’t winning. Sometimes it’s just being the last one still angry.

The last word feels like a verdict and is usually just endurance. Whoever speaks last is often the one least willing to let it go, which is a different thing from being right. Meanwhile the argument is over for everyone else and still running in you. Winning by exhaustion leaves you holding the anger alone.

Let one go this week without the final sentence you already have written. Notice how quickly it stops mattering when you stop feeding it.