Speaking of “conscious uncoupling,” how do you leave a partner you’ve gone from agency to agency with?

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Yell “is that John Stamos!?” and point somewhere. When your partner looks, run the opposite direction. Never speak to them again, and change your locks.

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Can you find a job for just a writer at a different company and chalk it up to it being an offer you couldn’t refuse?

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Reason would be the disparity in performance and creativity. He’s been my friend for a long time, and we get along very well.

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I feel this was so helpful and therapeutic

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What CD1 said. If you can’t do that for some reason, tell them you’ve been thinking about your path forward and while you really value the time you’ve spent working together, you want to be more independent/grow as a creative/experience more creative partners and work styles/whatever. Say something that’s both real and nice if you have to say something. There’s also the fact that most CDs are solo creatives.

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We’ve been partners for over 4.5 years.

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What’s the reason for the uncoupling? I think that depending on why you want to uncouple, that’s the basis for the conversation you have to have with them. Don’t ghost! Stay on good terms, because this industry is small....

@cd1 my thoughts exactly

Awkwardly and with great personal trauma. But it’s worth it

How long have you been partners?

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