I can’t believe that there is no search around this term and I feel that I should really push this phrase out into the world – mainly because I know no one is talking about it because of denial that it’s happening.
Emotional Russian Roulette can be played in many ways but the most common method is through text. You fire a text out to an ex or a crush and then spend an evening staring at your phone to find out what your fate is. The worst thing to happen is that you get no response which you translate as “I nothing you” and everyone knows that the harshest of all feelings is the non-feeling (which is why unrequited love is such a bastard). This is effectively like a bullet hitting you square between the eyes and you lose.
The best thing to happen is that you’ll gain a friendly response back but the thing about Russian Roulette is that once you’ve played one round it’s very hard to put the gun/phone down. For round after round you will tempt fate until eventually you will kill/emotionally wound yourself.
The worst thing about Emotional Russian Roulette (or ERR) is that you often start playing because you’re a bit bored and you think it’d be better to be scared shitless sitting in front of a flying bullet.
Put the phone down people. To ERR is human – to not ERR is personal evolution in action.
