Getting the last word is like getting the last fry. It felt important and nobody remembers it.

Winning the end of an argument feels enormous while it is happening and evaporates almost immediately afterwards. The other person is not persuaded, the situation is unchanged, and the only gain is a few seconds of feeling on top. Meanwhile the exchange has taken an hour you cannot get back.

When you feel the urge to fire back one more time, picture yourself remembering this next month. If you cannot imagine caring, let it go now and keep the hour. Leaving a thread unfinished is not the same as losing it.