No one wins the breakup on social media

Cool is in style, and especially for Millennials, a generation steeped in public breakups and public post-breakup damage control.

UBC Asian studies professor Edward Slingerland recommends not trying too hard. Or simply not trying.

“People who are spontaneous are attractive because people have really good bullshit detectors,” he said. “You’re successful on a date when the person feels like they’re really meeting you, and not something you’re putting on.”