The metacognition of one's own emotions is a slippery slope that can easily consume an individual, resulting in the reactivity of negative affect. Thus, one can commend Kross, Ayduk, and Mischel for demonstrating a method that allows an individual to reflect back on his or her emotions without going towards a downward spiral. Furthermore, although there were no predictions concerning the covariate of emotional closeness, it is evident that much thought went into the design of the experiment. Such that, one can deem the covariation of emotional closeness a highlighting point of the experiment, because the lack of consideration could have easily led to insignificant main effects. Despite the fact that the ratings of emotional closeness was not