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The title is possibly a double reference, both to a monospaced font and to lines of the same length. Initially, by mere chance, Emily's and [[Rob]]'s lines were exactly the same length. This made Rob want to continue the pattern. That Rob feels forced to change what he wants to type to continue the pattern could be a symptom of {{w|obsessive–compulsive disorder}}. Because of the monospaced font, any reply with nineteen characters (including space) would have continued the pattern. For example, "definitely for real" or "i'm in love with you" would have worked, but Rob didn't seem to think about them
 
The title is possibly a double reference, both to a monospaced font and to lines of the same length. Initially, by mere chance, Emily's and [[Rob]]'s lines were exactly the same length. This made Rob want to continue the pattern. That Rob feels forced to change what he wants to type to continue the pattern could be a symptom of {{w|obsessive–compulsive disorder}}. Because of the monospaced font, any reply with nineteen characters (including space) would have continued the pattern. For example, "definitely for real" or "i'm in love with you" would have worked, but Rob didn't seem to think about them
 
In the title text Rob continues to write a sentence: "I wish I knew how to quit this so I wouldn't have to quit you." He acknowledges that he has a problem, since he cannot quit his desire to keep the fixed width. If he could have quit this desire, then he would not have had to quit Emily. But since he felt he had to keep the fixed width, he involuntarily wrote something that felt for Emily as if he quit her. And he was too late out with his apology for her to read it.
 
  
 
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