A real incident: once, Cat Brother’s childhood friend forgot a particular anniversary between him and his girlfriend.

So the girlfriend went three days without replying to him, ignoring his messages and calls—no response to texts or phone calls, and she wouldn’t pick up.
“To make him remember it the hard way.”
Later, she explained it to us like this:
What do you think?
For this kind of cold war that goes on to the bitter end—are they using it to educate their partner, or is it hurting the feelings of both sides?