Oops, it's actually a bad sign if you're still friends with your ex
As if it never happened. The photos have been deleted, the friends divided, and the rose petal memories pushed aside. Most prefer to never speak to their ex again, but really never.
Because when it's over, it's really over. You have absolutely no desire to stay friends, to keep each other updated on the ups and downs, or to keep making ‘fun’ plans. You don't even want to see an Insta Story from him. Just the thought: yuck. Please, you have better things to do, with people you can still hang out with.
Well, there are of course - as with everything - exceptions. Those people who still meet weekly with their old love for coffee or who occasionally hang out with their ex for fun. exercising. Or those who keep texting their former flame just to catch up. Checking in on how his mother is doing and if you can make him some soup when he has the flu; that kind of stuff. But it turns out this isn't such a good plan. Because if you're still thick as thieves with your ex, the chances are greater that you exhibit psychopathic traits. Yes, science never lies. The darker your personality, the greater the chance that you remain friends with your ex.
Research involving 861 participants shows that if you stay friends after the flames of love have long been extinguished, you are more likely to be narcissistic, insensitive, arrogant, and even manipulative. Because, scientists say, people who remain cozy in each other's lives after a break-up do this mainly to have a sort of backup. Plan B, in case their new relationship isn't what they're looking for after all. Additionally, they have some disturbed emotions in a certain way, because you keep being nice to someone you hate, or, eh, should be hating at least.
Well, better think twice then, if you're planning another drink with your ex-boy. Staying Facebook friends? Okay. But staying real-life best buds? No. He isn't called your ex-boy for nothing. Maybe it's wiser to just focus on all that new clean male stock walking around on this planet. Hop, delete that number. And an evening alone on the couch isn't that bad after all.
FACTS
The main reason why broken-up couples remain friends is because they have mutual friends they don't want to lose.
Most relationships end in the summer. And in January.
Why do most relationships end? Reason number one: too little sex. And so people want to be single ready to mingle Let out a little scream, eat another Zeeuwse bolus, shake your hips, the moment we have all been hoping for is finally here.
