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Twitter's 7 Stages of Grief, Post-Ariana Grande/Pete Davidson Split

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Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for MTV)

Over the weekend, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson called off their engagement after an intense, PDA-fueled, five-month relationship. When the news broke, Twitter lapsed into what can only be described as online bedlam.

The chaos quickly gave way to Twitter rushing through the classic 7 Stages of Grief.

  1. Shock and denial:

2. Pain and guilt:

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3. Anger and bargaining:

4. Reflection:

5. The Upward Turn:

6. Reconstruction and Working Through:

7. Acceptance and Hope (some people got to this stage a lot sooner than others):

Farewell, Pete and Ariana. We loved you while you lasted.

Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, August 20, 2018, New York City.
Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande attend the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, August 20, 2018, New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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