The Exes

I think one of the reasons why some people choose not to be friends with their exes is that it’s so easy to go back to how things were because of the familiarity of it all. It’s so easy to slip back to old habits and then call them something new. “Oh, I’m just going to see a movie with him. Just as friends. Harmless really.” And so these movies turn to dinner dates and to outings and then in a moment, when he reaches for your hand and you gaze into his eyes, you realize that nothing has changed. Yet things are supposed to change, aren’t they? Living in the past won’t do you any good.