Why do exes pop up when you stop giving a shit?

[superstarheartbreaker]

My ex dumped me by text about 18 months ago and at the time I was devastated ... He just point blank refused to communicate. I since realised what a bloody lucky escape I had as he was way too full on too quickly and smoked pot.
I got an email out of the blue today saying that he was moving house and had discovered a hairbrush and plate of mine that I might find useful. ( I miss neither) also apologised for ignoring me etc. I told him to keep the hairbrush and plate and I don't want to meet up. Also blocked him on fb.

Why do they always apologise long after the devastation has healed as though nothing had ever happened? And why the fuck would I want my manly hairbrush back after 18 months?

Manky not manly!

He's just using the plate and hairbrush as an excuse to get back in touch with you. Throwing out a hook to see if you'll bite.

I'll bet things haven't worked out too well for him in the girlfriend department .. and he's having a nostalgic look back on you .. maybe regretting his decision and wondering whether it's worth another shot?

I've had the same - exes contacting me on some pretence or other. I had one once call me up one night and say he'd dropped his car keys at a shopping parade just round the corner from my house, and would I be able to go down with a torch and help him look for them. Like a mug I went down there and we had this whole pretence of looking for these keys .. and then out of the corner of my eye, I actually saw him throw the keys down and then go 'Oh look, here they are, I've found them' Twat!

I didn't let on I'd seen it, but I just said 'oh that's great, well I'll be off then' and it was 'oh let me buy you a drink to say thanks ... ' but I just jumped in the car and drove off leaving him standing there.

I've had another one text me out of the blue long after we'd split 'missing you' which I ignored, then a few days later 'I can't stop thinking about you' - to which I replied 'I stopped thinking about you months ago, now fuck off and annoy someone else'.

I love it when they do this. It's bloody hillarious.

Yup... Has made me feel all smug and oneupmanship about it... As well as making me feel better about the break up. I thought he was the only ex who hadn't come crawling bk... I was wrong!

I'ts well worth the wait broken

The feeling you get from telling the ex that comes crawling back that, no you don't want to go out for a drink and that you'd rather he never contacted you again, is better than sex. It is indeed, a lovely moment that does your selfesteem a world of good.

Because things have dried up in the sex department so they are casting their net far and wide .