Dear Level

So You Want to Win Back Your Ex…

Empty promises and performative displays won’t cut it (sorry, Kanye). Here’s a guide to restoring relations.

Elisabeth Ovesen | NYT Bestselling Author
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6 min readDec 18, 2021

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Last week, Drake and Ye squashed their beef and reunited at the Los Angeles Coliseum in an effort to raise money and awareness for jailed gangster Larry Hoover and criminal justice reform. You may have heard about it. Or seen the promo plastered all over the homepage of Amazon, where it was streamed to millions of viewers. For those watching, there was one moment that was especially… Well, it was something!

While performing his song “Runaway,” the artist formerly (and pretty much still) known as Kanye West switched up some of the sung lyrics to publicly beg his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, to “run right back to me.” Talk about awkward.

Look, none of us knows what happens behind closed doors, so I won’t analyze this very public but still private relationship. I’m not one to find entertainment in the personal lives of others — especially not in their turmoil. However, Ye’s cringy public blubbering has brought to mind how men often get this aspect of relationships wrong. Perhaps you’ve been there before: You done fucked up and now you want another chance. You want your baby back, no ribs. You want to sleep in the…

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Elisabeth Ovesen | NYT Bestselling Author
Elisabeth Ovesen | NYT Bestselling Author

Written by Elisabeth Ovesen | NYT Bestselling Author

3x New York Times bestselling author, art enthusiast, and design girlie living between Los Angeles and New York City