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If you sleep with your ex after years of not seeing each other, what’s that called?

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wtfnishay Apr 2, 2026 +7681
Archaeology. You’re digging up something that should’ve stayed buried.
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h3il0rin09 Apr 2, 2026 +632
Carbon dating says this relationship expired a long time ago.
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Church_of_Aaargh Apr 2, 2026 +301
Maybe that’s the term: “Carbon dating”
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green_chapstick Apr 3, 2026 +29
It is now a joke I'm telling people. It better become a thing. Lol
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RockstarAgent Apr 3, 2026 +2
If you still go ahead with that type of dating- the best gift you can give her isn’t flowers- it’s a plunger!🪠
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Harry827 Apr 2, 2026 +20
Perfect.
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sorean_4 Apr 2, 2026 +20
That’s not archeology, that act is more like grave robbing or in reality it’s should be masochism. You know it will be painful, yet you derive a certain pleasure from the pain.
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squirtloaf Apr 2, 2026 +33
Isn't it reverse archaeology...I mean, you're burying a bone...?
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arazamatazguy Apr 2, 2026 +37
F*** that, sex with an Ex is amazing in my experience.
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CptNemosBeard Apr 2, 2026 +45
The sex is great! It's usually everything after that's awful.
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Introvertedemu Apr 3, 2026 +11
It is and that’s why it’s bad. You obviously broke up for a reason and it probably had little to do with the sex. Some things should definitely stay in the past. But relapses happen all the time
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GoopInThisBowlIsVile Apr 3, 2026 +7
Especially, if it’s hate f******.
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taddymason_01 Apr 2, 2026 +33
It belongs in a museum
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Mr_Sackrider Apr 2, 2026 +8
SO DO YOU! THROW HIM OVER THE SIDE
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Eisenhorn40 Apr 2, 2026 +4
Dramatic music intensifies.
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Mikeavelli Apr 2, 2026 +3
No ticket
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MomentImaginary6571 Apr 2, 2026 +9
Una lamentable decisión. 😅
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CriscoCamping Apr 3, 2026 +2
So do you!
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Quarz_34 Apr 2, 2026 +35
Real
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WoW_zErZ Apr 2, 2026 +7
Sounds like hes burying something
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Decathectate Apr 2, 2026 +819
Retrosexual
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Jobu99 Apr 2, 2026 +12
👏
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JimAbaddon Apr 2, 2026 +2600
A relapse.
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unknwnsatori Apr 2, 2026 +289
It really is a relapse. You’re not supposed to go back to it. Ever.
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ForayIntoFillyloo Apr 2, 2026 +34
Welllllllll...
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SleepLessTeacher Apr 2, 2026 +34
Well it’s the Big Show!
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verschee Apr 2, 2026 +62
Not every breakup was a bad one.
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Sharpshooter188 Apr 2, 2026 +6
But she had a really nice caboose!
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Heavy-Call182 Apr 3, 2026 +5
Years of sobriety, ruined in a single night
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IronmanMatth Apr 2, 2026 +945
A mistake
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Civil_Beautiful_1040 Apr 3, 2026 +10
A steak?
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fazerdude68 Apr 2, 2026 +452
Backslide
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SprayArtist Apr 2, 2026 +96
One hop this time
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FrostingMysterious61 Apr 2, 2026 +31
Kris Kros!
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Numerous-Lack8012 Apr 2, 2026 +33
cha cha now yall
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Ekoldr Apr 2, 2026 +19
Doom diki Doom diki doom
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Fyrrys Apr 2, 2026 +21
Now turn it up
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Hefty_Current_7765 Apr 2, 2026 +11
Take it back now yall
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C_moneySmith Apr 3, 2026 +3
*Twenty One Pilots plays in the background*
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snailybum Apr 2, 2026 +544
Making the same mistake twice
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vitholomewjenkins Apr 2, 2026 +10
I Made that mistake thrice. And now I’m trapped.
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UndahwearBruh Apr 2, 2026 +9
Daaammn
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CheckAway2141 Apr 2, 2026 +593
Wellness check
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raftinghandle Apr 2, 2026 +28
Pretty much, its checking whether the chemistry is actually gone or just buried
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f8Negative Apr 2, 2026 +13
Delusional
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Background-Bee-2659 Apr 2, 2026 +296
it depends. Sometimes we meet the right person at the wrong time and then reconnect later. Sometimes that does happen. Even divorced couples get remarried later in life and are happier for it.
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justgivememore Apr 3, 2026 +108
Yep! I’m married to my husband for the second time. I always tell him I like him way better than my first husband. We were only divorced for a short time (and we were in counseling while divorced), but we needed that line in the sand to close the door on some nasty patterns in our relationship. I would absolutely go through every bit of the bullshit again to end up where we are now.
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Background-Bee-2659 Apr 3, 2026 +28
Oh man, that’s so cool! Congratulations!!!
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mrpaslow0000 Apr 2, 2026 +74
Finally, a sensible response.
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Perfect_Reply6261 Apr 3, 2026 +11
Correct. I have an ex that I certainly wish I would have met at a different time in our lives. When we met, she had almost grown kids and I had no Kids. She was done with that part of her life and I still wanted to experience it. It also hurt that she was married and unhappy and living in another state.
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Background-Bee-2659 Apr 3, 2026 +3
That’s rough, dude. I’m so sorry.
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Tokeahontis Apr 3, 2026 +17
I agree. I'm in a 13 year relationship, but if we ever broke up for mutual or respectful reasons, I could see us sleeping together in the future sometimes. Besides, we'd already know how to f*** each other.
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Background-Bee-2659 Apr 3, 2026 +16
Now that’s what I call thinking ahead!
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BLU3SKU1L Apr 3, 2026 +4
My wife and I broke up in college and reconnected again after her first marriage and a string of short term relationships on my end. It was necessary I think. Neither of us had grown up enough to have settled down permanently back then.
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Potential-Group1330 Apr 2, 2026 +233
drinking poison just because you are thirsty.
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Chihuahuapocalypse Apr 2, 2026 +11
I was crazy thirsty in my dad's car once so I tried drinking the listerene he had back there (?) and nearly choked lmao. I didn't ask him for a drink cause I was scared of him but he saw what I did and offered to grab me something so that was cool ig lol
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snufkin79 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Jfc. I'm sorry you had a shitty dad. Hope you've gotten to a good place in adulthood!
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Chihuahuapocalypse Apr 2, 2026 +2
ah it's alright, it's far from the worst thin I went through and either way I'm on the other side of it now! I'm very happy, safe and loved ❤️ thanks so much for your concern!
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Frizzlefry3030 Apr 2, 2026 +209
Sexual Intercourse.
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Ready_Piano1222 Apr 2, 2026 +291
EX-ual intercourse.
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Frizzlefry3030 Apr 2, 2026 +15
Hah! Good one.
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Ambitious-Sky-6457 Apr 2, 2026 +12
r/technicallythetruth
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Llamabot10000 Apr 2, 2026 +133
Poor decision making
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Alternative_Lock9846 Apr 3, 2026 +2
🤷🏿‍♂️You can't go back🥴
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dumbinternetstuff Apr 2, 2026 +36
"Sex with an ex can be depressing. If it's good, you can't get it anymore. If it's bad... you just had sex with an ex" - Samantha Jones
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dumbinternetstuff Apr 2, 2026 +32
Eating out of the trash
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IrritatingOpossum Apr 3, 2026 +6
I was looking for this comment 😂
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Strozi78 Apr 2, 2026 +109
A sequel no one asked for.
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nicekid81 Apr 2, 2026 +9
You’d call it Highlander 2? That’s just more confusing.
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Solifuga Apr 2, 2026 +77
Dumbfuckery.
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AdmiralThunderpants Apr 2, 2026 +64
In my case it was the beginning of repairing what we lost, but I had done a lot of growing up between the break up and getting back together. We've been married 17 years
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kingtooth Apr 2, 2026 +22
i’m surprised that so many people seem to consider this only a negative thing lol
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LikeASewingMachine Apr 3, 2026 +13
My ex from 12 years ago recently reached out, freshly divorced and not looking for anything but a good time. I'm very happily single, and have been for years, with no intention of changing that. We had a very adult talk about boundaries, what this was going to be, and if people asked, what we'd say. 2 months in now, and we meet up once a week, fool around a whole bunch, go meet up with some friends for karaoke, then fool around for a few more hours. Then she goes home and we sparsely text each other until it happens again the next week. It's been great. There's 0 commitment or expectation, and we're both very happy leading our own separate lives and have something to look forward to every week.
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Jumpy_Spend_5434 Apr 3, 2026 +9
Right? I did this with an ex-husband after we had been broken up for almost 2 years. We both knew we weren't getting back together and it was just some casual fun when we were both single. We both just called it friends with benefits. We were looking for relationships so it just kind of "ended", without anything negative. We're still good friends though he has had a common law partner now for many years.
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Smooth-Chart225 Apr 2, 2026 +18
Am I the only person here who didn’t have any terrible exes?! 😅 like yea I would totally sleep with any of them again just for fun. None of us had some horrible breakup where one or the other was some absolute piece of shit human. Does that not happen anymore? Nobody has amicable breakups? Everybody’s ex is a disastrous monster? I kinda find that hard to believe
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Jumpy_Spend_5434 Apr 3, 2026 +6
I've had a few ex-sex casual flings/fwb over the years, and remain friends with them too. I do have a couple of terrible exes who I never want to see again, but yeah most breakups were generally amicable.
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UselessAndUnlovable Apr 2, 2026 +36
Relapse
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OKLakeGoer Apr 2, 2026 +13
**David Gilmour:** The Live 8 thing was great, but it was closure. It was like sleeping with your ex-wife. There’s no future for Pink Floyd. So there's that... Call it The Gilmour? Dead End? Bell Toll?
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drje_aL Apr 2, 2026 +3
vegetable man, waiting for the worms, the final cut, terminal frost, stop, not now john, high hopes, goodbye blue sky, careful with that axe eugene, brain damage... the grand vizier's garden party?
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AMoreRealWorld Apr 3, 2026 +2
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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Royally-Forked-Up Apr 2, 2026 +22
Regret.
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Senoritasmack Apr 2, 2026 +26
Stupid
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RMarch21 Apr 2, 2026 +32
Fun
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cwthree Apr 2, 2026 +25
A bad idea
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ParadisePete Apr 2, 2026 +9
The slippery slope
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Important-Round-9098 Apr 2, 2026 +16
A mistake 
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Dependent_Role5008 Apr 2, 2026 +9
Disaster
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rain_livy Apr 2, 2026 +23
As a woman I've learned this usually means one of you never really got over it completely. Even if you think you have those old feelings can resurface pretty quickly when you're physically intimate again. Just be prepared for some unexpected emotions afterward.
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Sea_Ad4448 Apr 2, 2026 +21
Regressing
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Usual-Owl9395 Apr 2, 2026 +24
A lapse in judgment
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Prize_Ice6474 Apr 2, 2026 +7
Ex-sex.
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Roland_T_Flakfeizer Apr 2, 2026 +6
Hopefully, proof of improvement.
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FauxReal Apr 2, 2026 +7
A fun few nights. This happened to me on a trip to NYC. I went with a friend who had to go for work and since I sometimes did work for his company he took me along and expensed it. Anyway he told me to meet him at a bar when he was done and it coincidentally was right next door to my ex's rehearsal studio (she's a musician) and we ran into each other. Well, my vacation suddenly became a lot more fun.
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Legitimate_Voice_608 Apr 2, 2026 +12
Sex.
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Curlytomato Apr 2, 2026 +5
Recidivism
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Msk_Ultra Apr 2, 2026 +5
Backhoing.
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NunYaBiz44 Apr 2, 2026 +9
Digging from the trash
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Few_Meal_165 Apr 2, 2026 +9
A catch up
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The_Ebican_Dream Apr 2, 2026 +3
Digging up bone(r)s.
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markusparkus75 Apr 2, 2026 +4
Stupidity. Seriously, you split up for a reason, why go back to that?
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RememberThinkDream Apr 2, 2026 +4
It's called sleeping with your ex after years of not seeing each other.
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esoteric_enigma Apr 2, 2026 +5
Life. Most people at some point have had sex with an ex.
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TheFemale72 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Back hoeing
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Browser40 Apr 3, 2026 +4
Eating out of the trash!
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JimMorrison71 Apr 3, 2026 +5
Recycling
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lauraismyheroine Apr 3, 2026 +4
Homecumming
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BobTulap Apr 3, 2026 +3
a cumback
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AstroCrackle Apr 3, 2026 +2
lol Don’t call it a cumback
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AdventurousCommon551 Apr 2, 2026 +7
A cute story turned nightmare in a few months
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Boyshutyoass Apr 2, 2026 +6
A mistake
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mavrav-en Apr 2, 2026 +7
The second coming
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MurphyBacon Apr 2, 2026 +6
deja vu
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AffectionateJello452 Apr 2, 2026 +3
A mistake
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Thin_Conference9156 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Going backwards
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draetz1 Apr 2, 2026 +3
nEXt
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purayesca Apr 2, 2026 +3
Idiocracy
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Manbry Apr 2, 2026 +3
Stupidity? Dementia?
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Conscious-North5077 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Recycling
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passplayed Apr 2, 2026 +3
I used to compare hooking up with an ex to putting retreads on your car. Sure it’s a quick c**** and easy way to get back on the road, but it’s an accident waiting to happen.
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summer_days77 Apr 2, 2026 +3
A humiliation ritual and a sign to go to therapy for your self-esteem issues
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mindgardening Apr 2, 2026 +3
Stupid. Desperate. Sloppy seconds.
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varsitybluesxo Apr 2, 2026 +3
stupidity
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yourfavoritebunny27 Apr 2, 2026 +3
I think it’s called being a human?
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f8Negative Apr 2, 2026 +3
Sometimes it feels good f****** someone who you know resents tf out of you.
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wussgawd Apr 2, 2026 +3
Stupid. That's what it's called.
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abhig535 Apr 2, 2026 +3
My ex died so probably necrophilia
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tweakingforjesus Apr 2, 2026 +3
I’ve noticed that this is a more acceptable way for some people to mess around without increasing their body count. A friend of mine used to consider them “grandfathered” into the calculation so it wasn’t cheating.
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SmokeStatus1593 Apr 2, 2026 +3
Character building. You’re about to learn a lesson.
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wonderless- Apr 3, 2026 +3
Time to get tested again
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bbw_poler Apr 3, 2026 +3
Delulu
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Ok_Manager7671 Apr 3, 2026 +3
A mistake
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JFB-23 Apr 3, 2026 +3
A mistake.
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Lynssssx_X Apr 3, 2026 +3
It's called 'Fracking.' You're drilling back into an old site that should’ve been abandoned long ago.
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BusInternational1080 Apr 2, 2026 +5
Madness
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jaslr4 Apr 2, 2026 +5
Outdated left overs
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CarmichaelD Apr 2, 2026 +4
Gwen Stephanie called it “Holla back girl/guy”. Depending on the nature of the relationship it could be positive/negative/healing/simple fun. I guess I was lucky that most relationships ended well for me so these events were not toxic. Kinda like, we still care, but we are in different places and ok with it. The time between makes a difference as well.
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GravitationalConstnt Apr 2, 2026 +2
revertigo
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richmondboi Apr 2, 2026 +2
"Sex with the ex"
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Beaglester Apr 2, 2026 +2
Catching all the way up.
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FoxyNewEngland Apr 2, 2026 +2
Self Harm
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theoccasionalempath Apr 2, 2026 +2
A steamy night of regret
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onemasterball Apr 2, 2026 +2
I believe the technical term is "unforced error" but common parlance is "stupid"
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Intelligent-Play167 Apr 2, 2026 +2
a mistake
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Winter-eyed Apr 2, 2026 +2
Relapse.
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toomanypurpleinks Apr 2, 2026 +2
I understand all the negative comments, but I want to represent for all the folks who’ve had wonderful “relapse” sex — aka one for old times’ sake. It can be fun **IF** both of you are there for the same reason and are both in good working order.
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evelynsmee Apr 2, 2026 +2
Stupidity generally 😂
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Full-Strain-7233 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Depends on how it ended I guess. Amicably because of outside events then its just sex. If it was because of bullshit and nothing good, then its a big mistake.
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Possible-Anybody5383 Apr 2, 2026 +2
Hitting rock bottom
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bigkidplayground Apr 2, 2026 +2
Playing Xbox
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allIsOneOfCourse Apr 2, 2026 +2
b**** call.
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IceCreamDream10 Apr 2, 2026 +2
A mistake
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welln0pe Apr 2, 2026 +2
Mistake.
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Director_Danguy Apr 2, 2026 +2
A mistake.
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TalkAboutAnything67 Apr 3, 2026 +2
A considerable lapse in judgement
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Thespeedobandito2 Apr 3, 2026 +2
A mistake
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DFW-Extraterrestrial Apr 3, 2026 +2
I call it recycling.
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Throwmeaway808808 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Throwback Thursday
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CeeUNTy Apr 3, 2026 +2
A mistake.
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lizzietnz Apr 3, 2026 +2
A stupid decision
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sadshark69 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Recycling
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Feisty-Ad-5781 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Sounds like sex to me🤷🏾‍♂️
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dazedan_confused Apr 3, 2026 +2
The hotel is clearly overbooked.
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Round-Fig2642 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Wtf you meat what’s it called? You just said it. It’s called…..sleeping with an ex.
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Kitcat36 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Backslide, babe
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deadbalconytree Apr 3, 2026 +2
I mean if it’s been more than 7 years, most of their cells have regenerated so it’s basically just sleeping with a brand new person…..
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AffectionatePack3647 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Ex-ercising
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Significant_Potato29 Apr 3, 2026 +2
In the song Opalite by Taylor Swift, she says her brother calls it "eating out of the trash"
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John_Vaginosis Apr 3, 2026 +2
A mistake.
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Onelausecrets Apr 3, 2026 +2
Reciclaje 
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Harry_Flowers Apr 3, 2026 +2
sEX
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conditerite Apr 3, 2026 +2
When i was younger that would be referred to as a Grudge F***, or Grudge F******.
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MoonDaddyOfRuin Apr 3, 2026 +2
It's called sleeping with an ex
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theluckytwig Apr 3, 2026 +2
Sex
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gizzardwizard93 Apr 3, 2026 +2
A bad fuckin decision , 99% of the time.
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Mysterious_Bag_9061 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Eating out of the garbage
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Curiousphantasm Apr 3, 2026 +2
Necrophilia... Oh, wait. 
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old_Spivey Apr 3, 2026 +2
Stupid
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Turbulent_Ferret2513 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Amnesia
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ghostintheforum Apr 3, 2026 +2
Swallowing your vomit
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VividAdhesiveness452 Apr 3, 2026 +2
F****** stupid
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Dirkstarlight Apr 3, 2026 +2
Closure 
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bill_gonorrhea Apr 3, 2026 +2
A mistake
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Mobile-Layer-1213 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Horny
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jfcat200 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Good times? Kinda depends on your ex.
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ZealousidealPound460 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Recycling
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GreenQuisQuous Apr 3, 2026 +2
Stupid
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i-piss-excellence32 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Sex
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llamafromhell1324 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Sex
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xlouiex Apr 3, 2026 +2
Deja-vulva
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Zeov Apr 3, 2026 +2
Sex Sex with EX
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Necessary_Sun_4392 Apr 3, 2026 +2
Stupidity?
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KingPe0n Apr 3, 2026 +2
Doing a lap.
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Far_Bad8377 Apr 3, 2026 +2
going back to the tutorial after finishing the game
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abaram Apr 3, 2026 +2
Relapse
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Extension_Hotel_9641 Apr 3, 2026 +2
A. mistake???
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themiskats Apr 3, 2026 +2
For me, a stupid move
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Rediscovered_Magpie Apr 3, 2026 +2
A f****** terrible mistake.
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herdo1 Apr 3, 2026 +2
A mistake...
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Elfman99 Apr 3, 2026 +2
risky! they are the ex for a reason!
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Loeralux Apr 3, 2026 +2
Recycling
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