Text Your Ex?

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Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Amid a surge of romantic expression, staff writer Ashley Fetters advises Katherine and Jim on the psychology of reconnection, contrition, and making things right in the end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, hey Catherine. Hey, hey Catherine. Hey, I decided I should speak in a lower voice.
0:09.0	Why is that?
0:11.0	You know, it's what the professionals do. Is it because Maeve said you talk like a baby?
0:17.0	Yeah, yeah, that was it. I'm not actually trying to change my voice. I just felt like I sounded different today. I haven't spoken aloud all morning, you know?
0:27.0	You open your mouth for the first time and it's like, what?
0:32.0	Yeah.
0:33.0	Okay, well, Jim, I'm gonna quote you.
0:39.0	Quote me.
0:40.0	Yes, this is a favorite Jim Hamblin quote.
0:45.0	Uh-oh. First debuted on Twitter.
0:47.0	This is March 24th, 2020.
0:50.0	Quote, no, comma, things are not bad enough to reach out to your ex.
0:57.0	End quote.
0:58.0	So, where is that coming from?
1:01.0	I guess I had picked up. coming from however people pick things up these days that this was a thing
1:09.5	that was happening what do you think about that sentiment of reaching out to X's during this time?
1:16.0	My feeling is that bridges should be burned.
1:21.0	Okay.
1:22.0	Just romantically or all of them. Just like once you cross a bridge, make sure it's burned behind you.
1:28.0	Oh my God. You don't want anybody sneaking up behind you, you know, surprising you.
1:32.6	Commit to your path.
1:34.0	I find that very weird because you spend a lot of time getting to know someone and then
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