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Why Can't My Ex Just Tell Me Whats Going On, Hurt and Confused, why won't he just let me go?

So I will keep this short and sweet, no one enjoys reading wall to wall text. My ex boyfriend and I started out strong, we had an amazing, deep, and heart felt connection. Our troubles began 3 months into the...

Anonymous

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Can you be good friends with an ex partner if you both still have lingering feelings for one another?

Can you be good friends with an ex partner if you both still have lingering feelings for one another and are leaving the friendship open-ended because you don't know If you're ready to commit to this person again and just...

Anonymous

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Family & Friends

Why You Should Never Bash a Friend's Ex After a Breakup

A while back I had this friend. She had been dating this guy for a while, and she was just crazy about him. I never liked him. I thought he was an arrogant jackass and he treated her like shit. That was one woman's...

Anonymous

(30-35)

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I'm in love with my best friend. What do I do?

My best friend and I have been best friends for years, after I rejected him. I never had any interest in him until after he got divorced. He was married for about ten months and I was the person who he vented to about his...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Unexpectedly broke it off with this message?

Was seeing this girl for a few weeks. Everything was great but one Sunday she went home. Her phone was off for the day. The next day i got this message from her..." see below" inbetween the paragraphs i basical respected...

JackRussel

Xper 5 Age: 41

Does Love Even Exist?

This is not a normal take. It is just something that I have been struggling with the last few weeks and I guess I just feel like venting. I'm having a really hard time dealing with the fact that I have been single for...

Anonymous

(30-35)

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My boyfriend talked to one of his ex best friends (girl) on the phone all night?

Basically they met back when they were in high school and were best friends for like 2 years and then had some kind of relationship for a few months. That didn't work out and they went back to being friends and apparently...

Anonymous

(30-35)

How to maintain a friendship when we want to date?

I met someone. It's been over a month since my ex and I broke up. This new person is very kind and like wants to travel, explore, cook and take hiking trips with me and meet his friends. I told him about my breakup and...

Anonymous

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Ex not sure what he wants?

My ex and I had been together for almost 6 months and he just broke up with me. He had been going through a lot of stress with his job and family and a potential new job around the 4 month mark and he just hadn't been the...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Guys, thoughts on an angry text?

My ex and I dated for 6 months. We ended things b/c he "couldn't commit" for various reasons i won't detail. He said his feelings are very real so he's confused, but that it isn't fair to me to keep dating. I went no...

lavidaloca

Xper 5 Age: 36

Guys, thoughts on an angry text to ex?

Anonymous

(36-45)

No, Your Ex Doesn't Want You Back. Move On.

Friends with Benefits have become the new-age relationships that people don’t seem to want to admit that they have. Many of these relationships actually started at the time of their breakup, and with at least one selfish...

Ozanne

Editor Age: 51

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Family & Friends

Ex's mom is still being needy, and yes I have told her I am uncomfortable now that my ex is married?

So for the past few years I was with her son, he was abusive. I did not even know he was until I started telling people the way he treated me. When I would go to his mom about issues, she would tell me to just go take a...

Anonymous

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How to ask your ex to hang out?

I always feel like I need to include a backstory: My ex and I broke up about 6 months ago, in my opinion it was pretty trivial. There was no cheating or jealousy, just a poor judgement call. We saw each other for the...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Guys, Where do I stand with this guy, and what should I be doing for long term success?

I met met a guy 2 months ago online. We were both recently left and were seeking friendship. We started talking and really hit it off-we talked about everything-sexual, personal, general, and exes. We both expressed we...

Anonymous

(36-45)

Any shot left with my ex now?

I dated my ex for 3 years, in early 2014 she broke up with me because she lost interest. She said she resented me because I neglected her and didn't do things with her and treat her the way she wanted to be treated. I...

soconfusednow

Xper 5 Age: 39

They don't have feelings - Move On!

I was just in a hellish situation. This guy had feelings for me but I didn't. He was a great friend so I didn't want to cut him off, but he took no message. Even when I said "I just don't have feelings" and "I'm not ready...

babyqurllll

Xper 5 Age: 28

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Should I just walk away for good?

My ex and I broke up about 2 years ago and we stopped talking for some time. In between us not talking, I had found out that he was having casual hookups with an acquaintance of mine, I'll call her B. B knew that he was...

Anonymous

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