It's Friday night and you're looking through the contacts on your phone. You're trying to find something to do and people to do it with. All of your friends have gone home for the summer, so you've got some slim pickings to choose from. You're scrolling through and you see their name "DO NOT TEXT!"
But you do it anyway.
Now they're coming over, and you start regretting it. We all have ex-boyfriends or ex-girlfriends, and after every relationship comes to an end, there's only a few different ways that the situation ends up getting handled.
1. The Clinger
We've all dealt with one before. The type of ex that just won't let go of you. It's 11:30 p.m. on a Saturday night and you're busy with your friends. Your phone starts ringing, you see who it is but you ignore it. It's your ex. They've been calling for the past three days. Since you don't answer, they text you. The texts are always similar. They all say something like, "I miss you, I'd love to talk soon." In this situation, you've got yourself a clinger. They can't seem to let go of the relationship. You probably ended the relationship, and they didn't see it coming. Now you've cut them off, but they can't get over you.
2. The "Let's Be Friends"
Whether it works out, or it doesn't workout at all, we've all tried to be friends with an ex. The relationship ended, but it was fairly civil. You've got tons of mutual friends, so it would probably benefit everybody, right? It starts out weird. Every party you go to, every friend's house you end up at, they're always there. You start regretting the whole "stay friends" decision, but at this point there's not much that you can do now.
3. The Hometown Hookup
The relationship ended because you or your ex moved away. You're both at different colleges, but you keep in touch. There was no falling out at the end of the relationship. You guys agreed to both go your separate ways with no possibility of long distance, because you've agreed that it doesn't work. But now you're back in town, and so are they. You think about calling them, and they're thinking about calling you. You can't just pick up where you left off, but you tell yourself that everything will be okay in the end.
4. The Falling Out
This was a nasty break-up. You've never even considered seeing, calling, or even texting them ever again. She threw your T.V. out the window, and you keyed her car. You found out they were cheating on you the whole time, and things got absolutely livid. Now it's six months later and you run into them while grocery shopping. You have two choices. The first choice is to avoid them like the plague. You saw them first, so you have time to get the hell out of dodge. The second choice is you approach them and pretend nothing happened. You'll try your best to fake a smile while you carry on an awkward conversation about who cares.
