Seven Years Reduced to Data
Language: en
At the gala, Xavier Gibson publicly announced we were getting married. The entire hall erupted in applause. But what I didn't expect was that before the event even ended, I'd find myself standing outside the lounge door, staring at the projection screen on the wall. On the screen was a massive Excel spreadsheet. Behind dozens of candidate names were densely packed rating categories: housekeeping ability, bedroom endurance... In the baseline column, my name was written prominently: Jade Monroe. "Relationships are like companies," he said, casually swirling his wine. "You have to cut…