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Recently my ex and I got into contact. At first she was pretty flirty and was really happy we reconnected.

I took it as a sign she still had feelings, so I asked her if we could try to rebuild our relationship and she said no because of some things I said during our breakup. She said later she lost interest in me. I told her that I didn't want to be friends and it'd be too difficult. She said she understood.

I sent her a message explaining why I said what I did during the breakup, and asked for her to reconsider and she could reach me if she changed her mind.

She '❤️' the message. But said nothing. It's been a week. My friends say she's been giving off mixed signals and she probably doesn't know what she wants and is scared. But she also never took ownership of what she did in our relationship either.

She had started following my social media accounts when we got back together, and she is still following them. Liking posts, and watching my stories.

My friends say that's a good sign, and she may just need time to process what I said and sort out what she wants.

What do you think?

After Russia invaded Ukraine there were a couple of weeks of mixed messages from various figures in or in cahoots with the Republican party, in that many first found themselves simply continuing the pro Putin narrative they espoused before the invasion while others came out against it immediately.

I'm personally a little surprised that republicans shifted against Putin so quickly, given they seem to mostly agree with his anti-democracy philosophies. Perhaps this is as close as we will come to a "come to Jesus" moment for republicans? Or, more likely, I suspect republicans simply noticed there is nothing they could do to spin the invasion into a pro Putin narrative, so they are playing along. But the instant they gain back power they will definitely take measures to weaken Ukraine while publicly complaining about how weak Ukraine is becoming and blaming Biden for it. It's no secret they do this with everything but there is a chance they have genuinely learned their lesson and realize Putin's misinformation attacks on the US for the last 8 years were just that: attacks. It doesn't matter if Putin cynically assumed (correctly, it turns out) that republicans would happily participate in attacking their own country as long as there was short term benefit involved. If republicans can forgive themselves for choosing to be so greedy, and therefore stop it, democrats would likely find it too much of a relief to hold it over their heads for long. But that assumes they are serious.

What do you think?