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Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak

#405: 5 Reasons to Stop Keeping the Door Open for Your Ex "Just in Case" (wanting your ex to come back, basically)

Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak

Trina Leckie

Comedy, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

You may not be actively pursuing your ex, but if you're still leaving the door open "just in case," it can quietly keep you stuck in the past... and that's not a good place to be... 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Breakup Boost, honest and logical advice with the sprinkle of bluntness.

0:06.6

Trina keeps it real. She'll help you navigate the craziness of the modern dating world.

0:11.0

Stop obsessing over your ex and finally close the door on half-ass relationships.

0:15.4

This girl's got your back. Here's Trina.

0:19.7

Hi guys, I just want to kick this off by saying that if some part of you is keeping the door open for your axe, it's giving desperate.

0:28.9

It's giving desperate. And you would be the perfect candidate for my book. Don't be desperate.

0:34.4

So you can stop living in limbo. And after you hear the content of this episode, hopefully you will be even more motivated

0:41.6

to close that door.

0:43.8

Further to that, if you've already read my book, please leave me a review on Amazon.

0:49.4

Reviews are surprisingly hard to get.

0:52.1

And a lot of people assume that other people will get to it.

0:55.2

You know, like if I ask on an episode, if you can leave me a review, and then no one doesn't,

1:00.2

like breaks my heart a little. Not asking for an essay, just asking for a line or two of text.

1:07.3

You know, it's one of the easiest ways you can support me. And I always say let's help each other, you know.

1:11.6

Okay, so back to the topic at hand.

1:13.6

Five reasons to stop keeping the door open for your ex, just in case.

1:19.6

And this is one of the biggest things that keeps people stuck after a break up,

1:23.6

leaving that door open just in case, just in case they come back. Just in case they

1:29.8

realize they made a mistake. Just in case they regret how they treated you. Just in case you're

1:35.8

still meant to be and things will somehow magically work out later. And the thing with this is

1:41.3

people will rarely say this out loud though. They'll rarely say that they're leaving the door open just in case

1:48.0

because it can be a little embarrassing.

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