Do you have an ex living rent free in your head?

[Anonymous]

How long have they been an ex and how do you plan on evicting them?

[Anonymous]

The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

Is it her not leaving or you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

Is it her not leaving or you?

Oh she is long gone, spouse’s ex-ap. I can’t get the skank out of my head.

[Anonymous]

Every now and then he pops up, yes. But currently hot, married dad in our neighborhood is taking up all of my energy. Ughhhh

[Anonymous]

Have an ex I would go back go in a heartbeat. For about a year after I consistently dated attractive, successful women, but would end any relationship because they didn’t measure up.

Have stopped trying for real relationships now and just have repeated ONS from the apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have an ex I would go back go in a heartbeat. For about a year after I consistently dated attractive, successful women, but would end any relationship because they didn’t measure up.

Have stopped trying for real relationships now and just have repeated ONS from the apps.

So what happened to the ex and you? Why not give some of these new women a chance?

[Anonymous]

My mom got divorced in 1972 and my dad is still living rent free in her head. She still fulminates about him. And oh yeah she still complains about her father even though she hasn't lived with him since 1957 and he died in 1988. If we tell her she needs therapy, she flies into a rage and starts attacking us. At this point we think sitting there being mad about past grievances is her hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have an ex I would go back go in a heartbeat. For about a year after I consistently dated attractive, successful women, but would end any relationship because they didn’t measure up.

Have stopped trying for real relationships now and just have repeated ONS from the apps.

So what happened to the ex and you? Why not give some of these new women a chance?

She broke up with me without that great an explanation, just saying she didn't think we were a great fit for long-term. Not much I can say to that but accept it and try (and so far fail) to move on. I did try to give new women a chance: I dated women in similar stages of life/career as I am, but it wasn't fair for me to always be comparing them to my ex. Now I sleep with women in their 20s, they get bored with me after a month or two and move on, I repeat the process with someone else and no one gets hurt. I probably only have 2-3 more years where I can do this easily, so hopefully I'm over buy ex by then.

[Anonymous]

An ex-friend, but yes. At this point she’s been up there so long I think I’d miss her if she left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

Me too. Hate it. She's also a former close friend.

[Anonymous]

Been 9 months. I started dating someone new that was so much better but he didn't want to get serious and is moving away soon. So, now thinking about the ex again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

Ditto… 14 years. I’ve seen her twice in 14 years. First time was brutally painful. Second time was much easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ex-OW is still living in my head. She won’t leave.

Ditto… 14 years. I’ve seen her twice in 14 years. First time was brutally painful. Second time was much easier.

And they didn’t think of us once. Life is not fair.

[Anonymous]

Some ex's like my husband's ex are still collecting rent 20 years later and get it for the rest of their life. Its hard not to be annoyed when they cheated.