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All your exes are sat in a room…

61 replies

Abelard40 · 19/02/2023 21:29

.. what do you hope they say to each other?

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Hooklander · 19/02/2023 22:11

What exactly constitutes an 'ex'?

Soakitup37 · 19/02/2023 22:14

Are we talking ons? Dated a few times? Or just actual boyfriends, dps dh?

Soakitup37 · 19/02/2023 22:15

Soakitup37 · 19/02/2023 22:14

Are we talking ons? Dated a few times? Or just actual boyfriends, dps dh?

Because the later would be 3 guys Im still in regular contact with; the former…. I’d need a function room 😬

StickofVeg · 19/02/2023 22:17

Luckily they wouldn't all speak the same language!

AlmostSpring2023 · 19/02/2023 22:19

She said you were just friends!

DelurkingAJ · 19/02/2023 22:19

Mine would, I suspect, find it howlingly funny. Last two times DH met ex boyfriends, they said things like ‘does she still forget to go to sleep when she’s absorbed in a book?’ And ‘for such a clever woman she’s an utter ditzy fool at times, isn’t she?’ Whilst giggling at me.

May I extend this thought experiment to ‘you have to host a party and invite everyone you’ve ever had a crush on, even if you never told anyone. How long will it take them to figure it out?’.

I’m not subtle and I fear they’d twig fairly quickly. Oh dear. I’d be hideously embarrassed.

Christmascracker0 · 19/02/2023 22:22

It would be like this..

Ex1- What do you do for work mate?
Ex2- Army mate, what about you?
Ex1- Yeah same mate. And you mate?
Ex3- Air Force mate. How did you both meet ChristmasCracker0?
Ex1- On Bumble mate. She asked me to describe our first date in 3 emojis.
Ex2 and ex3- Same, mate.

SouperNoodle · 19/02/2023 22:23

"Hey guys...is that a grenade?"
💥💥💥💥💥

😁😂

LadyChatterlysLover · 19/02/2023 22:23

"So, what are you in this prison for?"

AdoraBell · 19/02/2023 22:27

1- I’m the abusive waste of space AdoraBell dumped.

2- yeah, she told me about you, and I shouldn’t have left her.

otherwayup · 19/02/2023 22:29

There's only 5 but 3 of them were friends. Awkward 😳

Ourlittleharmonica · 19/02/2023 22:37

An actor (not famous), two policemen, a biker, two alcoholics, and a drug addict. Oh, and a distant cousin (I did NOT know this at the time)

Maybe they'd have some music in common?

It's not a room I'd want to walk in to 😂

Original poster
Abelard40 · 19/02/2023 22:43

I’ve realised a couple of common threads they might pick up on.. musician type ones.. but yes, as others have said I think they might be a bit mystified by each other generally ..

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NellyTimes · 19/02/2023 22:47

"Alright mate, what are you doing here?" 😳

RemoteControlDoobry · 19/02/2023 22:52

Soakitup37 · 19/02/2023 22:15

Because the later would be 3 guys Im still in regular contact with; the former…. I’d need a function room 😬

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Same. I’d find it interesting because I’m not sure I can remember all of them and certainly not names!

Nausrous · 19/02/2023 22:58

I have thought about this before

My first boyfriend would probably leave because he's a smug prick.
My ex fiance will probably cry
My University ex's (x3) will have a laugh, put music on and have a good chat amongst themselves.
My most recent ex (now a priest) and my dh will have problems - probably a fight.

I'm totally non religious but two of my non religious exs "found God" and became Priests. So that's bloody weird.

The rest are software developers- also weird.

And one priesty ex is a little fighty. Can literally hear his scouse accent right now 🤣

CPL593H · 19/02/2023 23:00

"Until today, who'd have thought CPL593H could run that fast?"

Ohdofuckofdear · 19/02/2023 23:01

I've no doubt they'd throw insults at one another and probably some fists as well.

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 19/02/2023 23:06

3 of the 4 would get on quite well, I think.

The other one was a twat, and they'd recognise that quicker than I did.

Craftycorvid · 19/02/2023 23:10

Yep, he’d be talking to himself…..😆

Wombats67 · 19/02/2023 23:11

Ha, ha, my first boyfriend looked very like my now DH, so it would be interesting to see what he looks like now.

bluebeardswife7 · 19/02/2023 23:21

Boom!!

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 19/02/2023 23:28

I've often wondered how long it would take them to work out that they had me in common - in two variant scenarios, one where they are told they have something in common but not what it is; and another where they don't know they have anything in common, e.g. finding themselves stuck in the same lift.

What would I hope they'd say ... 'Oh, yeah, PlaitbilledDucky ... vaguely remember her, but it was a long time ago.'

AliceMcK · 19/02/2023 23:29

Why won’t these walls stop closing in on us, shit where did that giant razor sharp pendulum come from, FUCK watch out there are spears shooting out of the walls!

BCBird · 19/02/2023 23:35

One has passed away so it would be nothing short of a miracle. There are onli 2. The first one would hopefully realise that despite him being an unkind arse to me there was another one who thought I was the best thing since sliced bread and that I still retained my confidence a zest for life. The deceased one would probably smirk and tell the first one he was a fool to let go of a wonderful woman like me. That is not me being big-hearted,it's the sort of comments that were made. Happy days.