#brunchtalk: Why do exes leave breadcrumbs and stay in your life?

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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From the IG story view to continuing to profess their love, why don't exes just go away once the relationship is over? In this week's brunch talk, we’re discussing what to do when you have a lingering ex and what this may mean. We discuss the different ways you can respond, why it's important to clarify intentions before making any assumptions, and how to not let your ex derail you from having the love life you actually want. Got a question you need answered? Hit us up at [email protected] Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by: Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/dateable Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Ewie Schu and I'm Julie Kraftchik.
0:02.8	We're active daters turn dating sociologist.
0:05.4	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.0	Welcome to the dateable podcast.
0:11.0	Hello. podcast. Hello friends, it's brunch talk time where we answer your burning dating questions to the best of our ability and we love the questions because I've personally found them all very relatable.
0:27.2	Absolutely. We've all been there at one point or another and then the ones that I haven't been
0:32.2	I'm like h is going to be
0:34.0	kind of handy in the future somehow or maybe it won't and that's okay.
0:38.0	Because this will happen to be eventually. The one from today is one I've definitely experienced before. Here's the question for this episode.
0:46.0	Why do X's leave breadcrums and still stay in your life?
0:51.0	And for more context, my ex and I broke up because our relationship didn't work. Six
0:56.9	months later though he's still reaching out and telling me he loves and misses me even
1:02.0	though he's dating someone new.
1:04.1	I still see him watching my IG stories.
1:07.4	Why is he doing this?
1:09.6	This is why I block all my exes
1:12.1	so they don't even have a chance of leaving you breadcrums but I remember
1:16.4	going through this in my late 20s early 30s and just when you think you're over this person it's like they can sense it you know they can
1:24.4	sense when you're turning the energy into something else beyond them you're
1:30.3	getting over them and then they just do something like a deep like a
1:34.4	little DM here there a fire emoji or something as ridiculous as telling you
1:41.5	that they still miss you even though they're in a relationship.
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