Somewhere in the deep, dark recesses of your phone, there’s an old thread of messages.
You know the one – the contact name is generally just a string of digits or something along the lines of “Evil bastard”. We’re talking, of course, about the ex thread – or ThreadEx, if you will.
There’s no shame in hanging on to this piece of relationship history. We’ve all done it for one reason or another.
Perhaps you pour over it after half a bottle of pinot, tearfully dissecting each little bubble for clues as to what went wrong. Or maybe it simply serves as a prudent reminder as to why you’re better off now that He/She Who Must Not Be Named is no longer a part of your life.
Or maybe, just maybe, you’ve even cracked the relationship DaVinci code and are genuinely still buddies – you know, actually staying in touch, hanging’ out, textin’ and such. If so, please start writing a book. Immediately. You have much to teach us.
No matter the motivation, it can be incredibly illuminating to look back on where you drew the line under ThreadEx. When we asked that question, the results ranged from the poignant to strange and even absurdly practical.
So, what about you? Thumb through those threads and let us know, what was the last text you got from your ex?
Top Comments
No I don't keep the threads or emails or their phone numbers, or even old love letters. Heck, I don't even like to keep old photos of them unless I was in them myself. After a very short while, I delete them whether a proper ex or just someone I was talking to or flirting with, or seeing briefly. Why keep them? I've moved on, I live in the present. Why keep or look over mementos of long ago relationships when I am with the love of my life, my long-term partner and father-to-be of my children? Would just feel silly and wasteful. Those relationships were not 'the one' so I left them go.