You can end things without burning the whole place down. Dignity looks better in the rearview.

Endings tempt you to make a case, because winning the last exchange feels like getting something back. What it does instead is turn a hard thing into a story people repeat, including the part you said at your worst. You are the one who carries that afterward. Leaving cleanly is not weakness, it is refusing to add damage you will have to live beside.

Say the true thing once, keep it short, and stop there. Do not go collecting allies or an audience. Six months from now you will be glad the last thing you said was something you could stand behind.