Writing Challenge Day 26

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Things you’d say to an ex:

I dunno. It depends on the ex? The first I would avoid at all costs and not speak to, but I did tell him everything I needed to say and I did eventually get a letter from him apologizing for the way he treated me (his wife had a baby girl about three years after he and I broke up and no, he wasn’t married when I dated him) which gave me closure I never expected to have.

The second I’d be happy to engage in some small talk before moving on like we did the last time we saw each other at our mutual friends’ wedding. His wife isn’t fond of me, but he used to have a history of sleeping with his exes while dating his currents (part of the reason he and I broke up) so I don’t really blame her. I think he’s honestly changed. It seemed like he really loved her when I saw them together and I’m hopeful that their marriage will be a long and happy one. I had been angry about his cheating at one point, but once I didn’t really love him anymore, the cheating and the history didn’t really bother me anymore.

The most recent one? I’ve said my piece to him. He wanted to be chummy and I told him I wasn’t going to be friends with him. He spent a lot of time lying by omission and saying the truth in such a way that it conveyed something different and it happened far too often for it to be accidental all the time (miscommunications and misunderstandings do happen!) Yeah, I just really don’t have anything else to say to him. I always felt edgy and untrustful about that relationship and I believe I was justified in that.  

So I don’t really have anything I particularly want or need to say to any of my exes.