Taking a year and a half to end a relationship is a negative pattern used to protect one's own ego at the expense of honesty.

“I need to build a narrative where you leave me and you feel great about it so what are we going to do about that it's very bad I don't know I haven't fixed it”

It is socially expected that women should be gracious and polite when rejecting advances from men, even if the man's behavior is inappropriate.

“what are you doing why can't you just be gracious the guy is you get to be you and he has to be him and he had this delusional dream like you and I have where we want to be comedians for a living he had one dream he just wanted to ask this girl out she could have just said no and moved on with her d”