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How many exes are on your FB?

58 replies

Smeghead · 06/10/2012 01:25

Trying to work out what is normal.

I have one, who I went out with for 3 months when I was 15! It was more a brief (and very chaste) interlude in a very long friendship.

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annalovesmrbates · 06/10/2012 08:50

3

annalovesmrbates · 06/10/2012 08:50

3

itsallinmyhead · 06/10/2012 08:51

At least 3 for me. All good men, whom I respect.

pinkyp · 06/10/2012 08:52

It's not normal, one or 2 would be fine but everyone...Noooo

issimma · 06/10/2012 08:54

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LucieMay · 06/10/2012 08:55

Shagged eight of em.

BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts · 06/10/2012 08:55

Gosh none!

Fairylea · 06/10/2012 08:58

None. I have blocked every single one.

My ex husband left me for an ex he got back in touch with on fb. And this was an ex he was only with 6 months and we had been together 5 years.

So now I don't have any exes on my fb and my new dh is the same. It's just a massive no no for me.

ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs · 06/10/2012 08:58

I have 1 "ex" on my FB- I agreed to his friend request out of nosiness, but now feel like defriending him would be rude Blush. I never speak to him, and I've hidden his posts as DH got upset about me "seeing everything he was up to". I would have de-friended him if I wasn't such a wuss

LucieMay · 06/10/2012 09:04

I'm friends with all of mine, a lot of whom are now married. They were flings from years ago.

Nagoo · 06/10/2012 09:13

most of them, cause I don't have sex with dickheads, they were all nice people I would speak to and take an interest in.

Nothing worrying or wierdy.

OhEmGee24 · 06/10/2012 09:19

4 but they were all just three month flings between the ages of 18-22.

TheKettle · 06/10/2012 10:23

None. My choice. They're exes for a reason and I don't stay friends with them after the relationship is over. (I don't hate them either - just don't think there's any point being friends with someone who I used to shag and don't anymore).

muttimalzwei · 06/10/2012 10:30

2

muttimalzwei · 06/10/2012 10:31

3 if you count drunken snogs

RustyBear · 06/10/2012 10:33

I don't actually have an ex. Have been with my first boyfriend for 38 years, married for 32.

Not sure where that puts me on the scale of FB normality...

muttimalzwei · 06/10/2012 10:34

I don't think it brings anything particularly positive to my life sometimes though. One of them started trying to chat to me inappropriately and another is just looking through my pictures a lot (his friends get recommended to me so I know this is a sign that he is having a look)
However, one I am friends with is still what I would consider a true friend and I am interested in keeping in touch with him even though I will probably never see him again. I suppose I am still a bit in love with him but in a 'that was a great part of my life' not in a 'I want him back' kind of a way.

Dillydollydaydream · 06/10/2012 10:43

Just 2. One I went out with for 6 years. Another a dew weeks.

CiderwithBuda · 06/10/2012 10:43

One. I tracked him down.

I then phoned him. Nice long chat. Made me remember just what used to irritate me about him!

My sis added him too. He was the big brother she never had apparently!

We now play song pop against each other.

Bunbaker · 06/10/2012 10:47

None. I never seek FB friendship. The only FB friends I have are people who have asked me. I never post on FB either. In fact I don't know why I opened a FB account in the first place as I don't really "get" it. I prefer to communicate with real friends and family in real life.

Gay40 · 06/10/2012 11:22

I disagree that FB is the spawn of the devil, though. I think you'll find that FB related fuckwittery was going on well before FB was around. If you are prone to utter nonsense, FB is just another method of indulging in it. Prior to that we had Friends Reunited, dating sites, bars, dances.....need I go on.

KirstyWirsty · 06/10/2012 13:04

No real ex's .. Two I snogged and two i shagged

halloweeneyqueeney · 06/10/2012 13:06

none really, one snog from school but he's also a friend's brother
none on DHs either

not a trust thing, just have no interest in them really

ZiggyPlayedGuitar · 06/10/2012 13:08

I've got my first ever boyfriend on mine and that's it. To be fair we were 13-14 and kissed once, but we did do a lot of hand holding Wink

I've had 1 other boyfriend after him but I don't want him on my fb even though he's sent quite a few requests.

ZiggyPlayedGuitar · 06/10/2012 13:09

I also agree fb is not a terrible thing to have, I hate when people get judgey over it.
You'll only cheat/mess around if you want to. FB has nothing to do with it.