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The same argument returns, verbatim, every 4 to 6 weeks. The dishwasher. The mother-in-law. The one Saturday. Both parties know their lines.
Cyclical. Word-for-word.
None. Writing the argument down did not end it.
Patients with Chronic Repeat-Offender Romance typically present with some or all of the following:
Chronic Repeat-Offender Romance is a chronic behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Recurrens argumentum seasonalis — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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