If you are out of the relationship but begin trying to 'make sense' of it, telling different versions of the breakup until you find one that is satisfactory and helps you save face, Duck suggests you are in this phase:
A) Dyadic
B) Social process
C) Grave-dressing
D) Resurrection

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This is the Grave-dressing phase in which one tries to create a coherent story of the breakup that is acceptable to oneself and others.

If You Are Out of the Relationship but Begin Trying