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Hellos and Goodbyes: Woniya Thibeault and Mike Birbiglia

The Moth

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The Importance of Consolation in a Relationship

"She had a boyfriend at home that she was breaking up with, and it was over," he says of his girlfriend. "It's a very nerve-wracking thing meeting your girlfriend's boyfriend's parents for the first time" He recalls her being affectionate to him every time he went to the bathroom. 'I sort of knew that, you know, this was her life, and I was like her secret life'

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