Archaeology. You’re digging up something that should’ve stayed buried.
7681
h3il0rin09Apr 2, 2026
+632
Carbon dating says this relationship expired a long time ago.
632
Church_of_AaarghApr 2, 2026
+301
Maybe that’s the term: “Carbon dating”
301
green_chapstickApr 3, 2026
+29
It is now a joke I'm telling people. It better become a thing. Lol
29
RockstarAgentApr 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!🪠
2
Harry827Apr 2, 2026
+20
Perfect.
20
sorean_4Apr 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.
20
squirtloafApr 2, 2026
+33
Isn't it reverse archaeology...I mean, you're burying a bone...?
33
arazamatazguyApr 2, 2026
+37
F*** that, sex with an Ex is amazing in my experience.
37
CptNemosBeardApr 2, 2026
+45
The sex is great! It's usually everything after that's awful.
45
IntrovertedemuApr 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
11
GoopInThisBowlIsVileApr 3, 2026
+7
Especially, if it’s hate f******.
7
taddymason_01Apr 2, 2026
+33
It belongs in a museum
33
Mr_SackriderApr 2, 2026
+8
SO DO YOU! THROW HIM OVER THE SIDE
8
Eisenhorn40Apr 2, 2026
+4
Dramatic music intensifies.
4
MikeavelliApr 2, 2026
+3
No ticket
3
MomentImaginary6571Apr 2, 2026
+9
Una lamentable decisión. 😅
9
CriscoCampingApr 3, 2026
+2
So do you!
2
Quarz_34Apr 2, 2026
+35
Real
35
WoW_zErZApr 2, 2026
+7
Sounds like hes burying something
7
DecathectateApr 2, 2026
+819
Retrosexual
819
Jobu99Apr 2, 2026
+12
👏
12
JimAbaddonApr 2, 2026
+2600
A relapse.
2600
unknwnsatoriApr 2, 2026
+289
It really is a relapse. You’re not supposed to go back to it. Ever.
289
ForayIntoFillylooApr 2, 2026
+34
Welllllllll...
34
SleepLessTeacherApr 2, 2026
+34
Well it’s the Big Show!
34
verscheeApr 2, 2026
+62
Not every breakup was a bad one.
62
Sharpshooter188Apr 2, 2026
+6
But she had a really nice caboose!
6
Heavy-Call182Apr 3, 2026
+5
Years of sobriety, ruined in a single night
5
IronmanMatthApr 2, 2026
+945
A mistake
945
Civil_Beautiful_1040Apr 3, 2026
+10
A steak?
10
fazerdude68Apr 2, 2026
+452
Backslide
452
SprayArtistApr 2, 2026
+96
One hop this time
96
FrostingMysterious61Apr 2, 2026
+31
Kris Kros!
31
Numerous-Lack8012Apr 2, 2026
+33
cha cha now yall
33
EkoldrApr 2, 2026
+19
Doom diki Doom diki doom
19
FyrrysApr 2, 2026
+21
Now turn it up
21
Hefty_Current_7765Apr 2, 2026
+11
Take it back now yall
11
C_moneySmithApr 3, 2026
+3
*Twenty One Pilots plays in the background*
3
snailybumApr 2, 2026
+544
Making the same mistake twice
544
vitholomewjenkinsApr 2, 2026
+10
I Made that mistake thrice. And now I’m trapped.
10
UndahwearBruhApr 2, 2026
+9
Daaammn
9
CheckAway2141Apr 2, 2026
+593
Wellness check
593
raftinghandleApr 2, 2026
+28
Pretty much, its checking whether the chemistry is actually gone or just buried
28
f8NegativeApr 2, 2026
+13
Delusional
13
Background-Bee-2659Apr 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.
296
justgivememoreApr 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.
108
Background-Bee-2659Apr 3, 2026
+28
Oh man, that’s so cool! Congratulations!!!
28
mrpaslow0000Apr 2, 2026
+74
Finally, a sensible response.
74
Perfect_Reply6261Apr 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.
11
Background-Bee-2659Apr 3, 2026
+3
That’s rough, dude. I’m so sorry.
3
TokeahontisApr 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.
17
Background-Bee-2659Apr 3, 2026
+16
Now that’s what I call thinking ahead!
16
BLU3SKU1LApr 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.
4
Potential-Group1330Apr 2, 2026
+233
drinking poison just because you are thirsty.
233
ChihuahuapocalypseApr 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
11
snufkin79Apr 2, 2026
+3
Jfc. I'm sorry you had a shitty dad. Hope you've gotten to a good place in adulthood!
3
ChihuahuapocalypseApr 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!
2
Frizzlefry3030Apr 2, 2026
+209
Sexual Intercourse.
209
Ready_Piano1222Apr 2, 2026
+291
EX-ual intercourse.
291
Frizzlefry3030Apr 2, 2026
+15
Hah! Good one.
15
Ambitious-Sky-6457Apr 2, 2026
+12
r/technicallythetruth
12
Llamabot10000Apr 2, 2026
+133
Poor decision making
133
Alternative_Lock9846Apr 3, 2026
+2
🤷🏿♂️You can't go back🥴
2
dumbinternetstuffApr 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
36
dumbinternetstuffApr 2, 2026
+32
Eating out of the trash
32
IrritatingOpossumApr 3, 2026
+6
I was looking for this comment 😂
6
Strozi78Apr 2, 2026
+109
A sequel no one asked for.
109
nicekid81Apr 2, 2026
+9
You’d call it Highlander 2? That’s just more confusing.
9
SolifugaApr 2, 2026
+77
Dumbfuckery.
77
AdmiralThunderpantsApr 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
64
kingtoothApr 2, 2026
+22
i’m surprised that so many people seem to consider this only a negative thing lol
22
LikeASewingMachineApr 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.
13
Jumpy_Spend_5434Apr 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.
9
Smooth-Chart225Apr 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
18
Jumpy_Spend_5434Apr 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.
6
UselessAndUnlovableApr 2, 2026
+36
Relapse
36
OKLakeGoerApr 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?
13
drje_aLApr 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?
3
AMoreRealWorldApr 3, 2026
+2
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
2
Royally-Forked-UpApr 2, 2026
+22
Regret.
22
SenoritasmackApr 2, 2026
+26
Stupid
26
RMarch21Apr 2, 2026
+32
Fun
32
cwthreeApr 2, 2026
+25
A bad idea
25
ParadisePeteApr 2, 2026
+9
The slippery slope
9
Important-Round-9098Apr 2, 2026
+16
A mistake
16
Dependent_Role5008Apr 2, 2026
+9
Disaster
9
rain_livyApr 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.
23
Sea_Ad4448Apr 2, 2026
+21
Regressing
21
Usual-Owl9395Apr 2, 2026
+24
A lapse in judgment
24
Prize_Ice6474Apr 2, 2026
+7
Ex-sex.
7
Roland_T_FlakfeizerApr 2, 2026
+6
Hopefully, proof of improvement.
6
FauxRealApr 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.
7
Legitimate_Voice_608Apr 2, 2026
+12
Sex.
12
CurlytomatoApr 2, 2026
+5
Recidivism
5
Msk_UltraApr 2, 2026
+5
Backhoing.
5
NunYaBiz44Apr 2, 2026
+9
Digging from the trash
9
Few_Meal_165Apr 2, 2026
+9
A catch up
9
The_Ebican_DreamApr 2, 2026
+3
Digging up bone(r)s.
3
markusparkus75Apr 2, 2026
+4
Stupidity. Seriously, you split up for a reason, why go back to that?
4
RememberThinkDreamApr 2, 2026
+4
It's called sleeping with your ex after years of not seeing each other.
4
esoteric_enigmaApr 2, 2026
+5
Life. Most people at some point have had sex with an ex.
5
TheFemale72Apr 2, 2026
+3
Back hoeing
3
Browser40Apr 3, 2026
+4
Eating out of the trash!
4
JimMorrison71Apr 3, 2026
+5
Recycling
5
lauraismyheroineApr 3, 2026
+4
Homecumming
4
BobTulapApr 3, 2026
+3
a cumback
3
AstroCrackleApr 3, 2026
+2
lol Don’t call it a cumback
2
AdventurousCommon551Apr 2, 2026
+7
A cute story turned nightmare in a few months
7
BoyshutyoassApr 2, 2026
+6
A mistake
6
mavrav-enApr 2, 2026
+7
The second coming
7
MurphyBaconApr 2, 2026
+6
deja vu
6
AffectionateJello452Apr 2, 2026
+3
A mistake
3
Thin_Conference9156Apr 2, 2026
+3
Going backwards
3
draetz1Apr 2, 2026
+3
nEXt
3
purayescaApr 2, 2026
+3
Idiocracy
3
ManbryApr 2, 2026
+3
Stupidity? Dementia?
3
Conscious-North5077Apr 2, 2026
+3
Recycling
3
passplayedApr 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.
3
summer_days77Apr 2, 2026
+3
A humiliation ritual and a sign to go to therapy for your self-esteem issues
3
mindgardeningApr 2, 2026
+3
Stupid.
Desperate.
Sloppy seconds.
3
varsitybluesxoApr 2, 2026
+3
stupidity
3
yourfavoritebunny27Apr 2, 2026
+3
I think it’s called being a human?
3
f8NegativeApr 2, 2026
+3
Sometimes it feels good f****** someone who you know resents tf out of you.
3
wussgawdApr 2, 2026
+3
Stupid. That's what it's called.
3
abhig535Apr 2, 2026
+3
My ex died so probably necrophilia
3
tweakingforjesusApr 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.
3
SmokeStatus1593Apr 2, 2026
+3
Character building. You’re about to learn a lesson.
3
wonderless-Apr 3, 2026
+3
Time to get tested again
3
bbw_polerApr 3, 2026
+3
Delulu
3
Ok_Manager7671Apr 3, 2026
+3
A mistake
3
JFB-23Apr 3, 2026
+3
A mistake.
3
Lynssssx_XApr 3, 2026
+3
It's called 'Fracking.' You're drilling back into an old site that should’ve been abandoned long ago.
3
BusInternational1080Apr 2, 2026
+5
Madness
5
jaslr4Apr 2, 2026
+5
Outdated left overs
5
CarmichaelDApr 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.
4
GravitationalConstntApr 2, 2026
+2
revertigo
2
richmondboiApr 2, 2026
+2
"Sex with the ex"
2
BeaglesterApr 2, 2026
+2
Catching all the way up.
2
FoxyNewEnglandApr 2, 2026
+2
Self Harm
2
theoccasionalempathApr 2, 2026
+2
A steamy night of regret
2
onemasterballApr 2, 2026
+2
I believe the technical term is "unforced error" but common parlance is "stupid"
2
Intelligent-Play167Apr 2, 2026
+2
a mistake
2
Winter-eyedApr 2, 2026
+2
Relapse.
2
toomanypurpleinksApr 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.
2
evelynsmeeApr 2, 2026
+2
Stupidity generally 😂
2
Full-Strain-7233Apr 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.
2
Possible-Anybody5383Apr 2, 2026
+2
Hitting rock bottom
2
bigkidplaygroundApr 2, 2026
+2
Playing Xbox
2
allIsOneOfCourseApr 2, 2026
+2
b**** call.
2
IceCreamDream10Apr 2, 2026
+2
A mistake
2
welln0peApr 2, 2026
+2
Mistake.
2
Director_DanguyApr 2, 2026
+2
A mistake.
2
TalkAboutAnything67Apr 3, 2026
+2
A considerable lapse in judgement
2
Thespeedobandito2Apr 3, 2026
+2
A mistake
2
DFW-ExtraterrestrialApr 3, 2026
+2
I call it recycling.
2
Throwmeaway808808Apr 3, 2026
+2
Throwback Thursday
2
CeeUNTyApr 3, 2026
+2
A mistake.
2
lizzietnzApr 3, 2026
+2
A stupid decision
2
sadshark69Apr 3, 2026
+2
Recycling
2
Feisty-Ad-5781Apr 3, 2026
+2
Sounds like sex to me🤷🏾♂️
2
dazedan_confusedApr 3, 2026
+2
The hotel is clearly overbooked.
2
Round-Fig2642Apr 3, 2026
+2
Wtf you meat what’s it called? You just said it. It’s called…..sleeping with an ex.
2
Kitcat36Apr 3, 2026
+2
Backslide, babe
2
deadbalconytreeApr 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…..
2
AffectionatePack3647Apr 3, 2026
+2
Ex-ercising
2
Significant_Potato29Apr 3, 2026
+2
In the song Opalite by Taylor Swift, she says her brother calls it "eating out of the trash"
2
John_VaginosisApr 3, 2026
+2
A mistake.
2
OnelausecretsApr 3, 2026
+2
Reciclaje
2
Harry_FlowersApr 3, 2026
+2
sEX
2
conditeriteApr 3, 2026
+2
When i was younger that would be referred to as a Grudge F***, or Grudge F******.
2
MoonDaddyOfRuinApr 3, 2026
+2
It's called sleeping with an ex
2
theluckytwigApr 3, 2026
+2
Sex
2
gizzardwizard93Apr 3, 2026
+2
A bad fuckin decision , 99% of the time.
2
Mysterious_Bag_9061Apr 3, 2026
+2
Eating out of the garbage
2
CuriousphantasmApr 3, 2026
+2
Necrophilia... Oh, wait.
2
old_SpiveyApr 3, 2026
+2
Stupid
2
Turbulent_Ferret2513Apr 3, 2026
+2
Amnesia
2
ghostintheforumApr 3, 2026
+2
Swallowing your vomit
2
VividAdhesiveness452Apr 3, 2026
+2
F****** stupid
2
DirkstarlightApr 3, 2026
+2
Closure
2
bill_gonorrheaApr 3, 2026
+2
A mistake
2
Mobile-Layer-1213Apr 3, 2026
+2
Horny
2
jfcat200Apr 3, 2026
+2
Good times?
Kinda depends on your ex.
2
ZealousidealPound460Apr 3, 2026
+2
Recycling
2
GreenQuisQuousApr 3, 2026
+2
Stupid
2
i-piss-excellence32Apr 3, 2026
+2
Sex
2
llamafromhell1324Apr 3, 2026
+2
Sex
2
xlouiexApr 3, 2026
+2
Deja-vulva
2
ZeovApr 3, 2026
+2
Sex
Sex with EX
2
Necessary_Sun_4392Apr 3, 2026
+2
Stupidity?
2
KingPe0nApr 3, 2026
+2
Doing a lap.
2
Far_Bad8377Apr 3, 2026
+2
going back to the tutorial after finishing the game
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