Millennials... Do you follow your exes on social media? (movies, boyfriends, long-term)
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I bet this gives you the sense of empowerment, huh? "look at me in a relationship and you're still alone" Lol
Is it safe to assume these women dumped you?
You are not correct. I never got dumped at all actually. It just so happens to play out like that. I don't care what they do with their lives. Like someone mentioned on the first page of this discussion.. They were once an important part of my life. Maybe not for long but still had a connection. I only wish the best for them. It's so common for anyone (even people you graduated with) to lurk around and follow others for no reason. That's just what it is in this generation.
For anyone who didn't understand the 'follow' thing. You can subscribe to someone or be "friends" with someone on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.
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Being friends with someone on Facebook and following them are different though. You can follow people and not friend them. Friend them and follow them (default). Or friend them and not follow them.
So, we weren't clear on which you were talking about.
Aren't people doing this with social media? You post, they comment, you discuss... you PM and chat. It's an interaction and a venue to communicate.
Or is the "do you follow" on social media question meaning you "follow" them but don't "friend" them? If that's what the OP meant, then no, I don't get doing that.
Or are they talking about IG where you just follow?
I meant follow without friending, maybe we're all talking about dif things.
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Originally Posted by 1000Calories
Strictly for the millennials out there! Do you find yourself having the necessity to follow your exes? I follow my exes and they follow me. So, is this considered normal or just being nosy? On a regular basis, not many actually care for their past relationships nor be intrigued with what they do in their life. Personally, I never came off with the "f*ck my ex" attitude. I always left off on good terms. Now I'm in a 5 year relationship. I still follow them, but it seems I still have their interest, deep down. Basing this off of some pictures I post on social media that they 'like'. They still don't have relationships yet since I've dated either of them.
What is your take on this?
I’m friends on social media with the only girlfriend I ever had mainly because we have a load of mutual friends and I don’t want to alienate myself from them. Otherwise the day we broke up, I’d unfriend and block an ex immediately.
You are not correct. I never got dumped at all actually. It just so happens to play out like that. I don't care what they do with their lives. Like someone mentioned on the first page of this discussion.. They were once an important part of my life. Maybe not for long but still had a connection. I only wish the best for them. It's so common for anyone (even people you graduated with) to lurk around and follow others for no reason. That's just what it is in this generation.
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Originally Posted by hawaiiancoconut
I bet this gives you the sense of empowerment, huh? "look at me in a relationship and you're still alone" Lol
Is it safe to assume these women dumped you?
OP, if that (the bolded in Hawaiian's post I quoted beneath your response) was not the case the case, then what you said below in your original post would not have been necessary. It seems as though you get an ego boost from your exes still following you, despite the fact you're in a 5 year long relationship. Nice humble brag though.
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Originally Posted by 1000Calories
Now I'm in a 5 year relationship. I still follow them, but it seems I still have their interest, deep down. Basing this off of some pictures I post on social media that they 'like'. They still don't have relationships yet since I've dated either of them.
I don't have "exes" but there are guys I used to be interested in that are still friends with me and follow me on social media. I am still friends with/follow them as well. But I'm not on social media often enough to see what they have going on.
I do for one. Not friended or connected to the others.
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load of mutual friends and I don’t want to alienate myself from them. Otherwise the day we broke up, I’d unfriend and block an ex immediately.
