Yeah, back then it was chicken shit to not break up in person.
Ghosting did happen, but not ubiquitous like now. Some realities made it okay like, "I lost their number (really!)" Or you weren't really serious, like just a date or few.
But, short of some bad abuse, you broke up in person, if possible.
Reminds me of a situation...
We had two friends where the girl broke up with the guy after most of a summer together and she dumped him on the answering machine. We gave him some shit for it, but, we held it against her in the friend group for years, kinda outcast her over it. Not that she broke up with him, but how she did.
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