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Read Through These Quotes When You Are Tempted To Text Him

Read Through These Quotes When You Are Tempted To Text Him

Be strong. Don’t let your phone or laptop suck you into thinking you need the past to make you feel something.

I miss you, I think about you, I want to text you, but I shouldn’t. I shouldn’t do any of it because you don’t deserve it. I shouldn’t do it because I know you don’t care about me, and that’s the worst part about this all. I know you don’t care about me, yet I’m still hung up on you.

— Becca Martin, I Miss You But I Shouldn’t

Texting Missing You one-sided

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Don’t text him. Because that means undoing all the getting over him you have done.

— Jenifer Chong, Don’t Text Him

Texting Getting Over Him Moving On

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The reason you want to text them right now is probably not because you feel, deep down, that they are the one. The reason you want to text them is something else – loneliness, lack of closure, boredom, a sense of being lost, perhaps the feeling that everyone around you is settling down and you don’t want to be the last one left.

— Kim Quindlen, When You Want To Text Them And You Know You Shouldn’t

Texting Lonely Closure Bored

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You clicked on this article. You most likely decided to read this because, deep down you know you should not be texting your ex.

— Sutharsy Sivabalan, 7 Reminders That You Should Never Text Your Ex Again

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Be strong. Don’t let your phone or laptop suck you into thinking you need the past to make you feel something.

— Gina Vaynshteyn, 10 Text Messages to Never Send Your Ex

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You’re just living in the past and you can’t actually change anything so if you keep on messaging your ex, it keeps you both from moving on. There’s no point in reliving your memories when you could be out there making new ones, that could be 100x better.

— Amanda Jensen, 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Message Your Ex

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She won’t text you, because it won’t do her any good. It’ll only give you the opportunity to hurt her again.

— Holly Riordan, This Is Why She Won’t Text You, Even Though She Thinks About You Every Single Day

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Remove the old texts from your phone, the messages that gave you hope, that made you believe that the two of you could be something. Delete them all.

— Molly Burford, Delete His Number

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Do not text him. No, not even one simple ‘hi.’ What are you going to get out that? Do you really care about how he’s doing or what he’s up to? Do you really want to talk about the weather or what sports game he’s watching? Do you really think he’s going to respond with what you want to hear?

— Lauren Martin, Do Not Text Him: 54 Things You Should Do Instead Of Texting Him

Texting Exes Questions

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Ignore his text because you and I both know you deserve more than someone who makes you wonder how they feel about you.

— Kirsten Corley, This Is Why You Need To Ignore His Text

Texting Feelings Ignore

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There are so many fantastic men out there — you should be spending your time exploring them. The sooner you do that, the sooner you’ll be blowing off texts from your ex because you’ll be crushing on someone new.

— Halle Kaye, Never Text Your Ex -- 6 Reasons You'll Always Regret It

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Put down the phone, darling. That’s right, I said put it down. If he hasn’t texted you back in an hour, or two, or three, just put it down. You are worth so much more than that.

— Lacey Ramburger, You Are Worth More Than Someone Who Won’t Even Text You Back

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Missing him will slowly pass, no matter how difficult it may be. Texting him when you miss him, though, will only make you miss him more.

— Veronica Walsingham, 16 Times You Want To Text Your Ex But 100% Shouldn't

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Your phone beeps and you shouldn’t care. Your phone beeps and you should probably put it on silent.

— Ari Eastman, When You Text Him Back Even After All Your Friends Said You Shouldn’t

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Anything you can say to an ex in a text is probably not worth the trouble of saying, despite the immediate gratification it might offer.

— Jamie Lauren Keiles, There Is No Good Reason to Text Your Ex

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Let them go, walk away, and delete your ex on social media.

— Rosie Kelly, Why You Should Delete Your Ex On Social Media

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Put your phone down. Walk away from it all for a while. Feel the distinct mixture of sadness and freedom pumping through your veins, the feeling that only comes with the end of something painful and the beginning of something more.

— Molly Burford, Delete His Number

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Sending them a text is not going to fix that emptiness inside you tonight. It may be temporarily exciting or helpful or healing. But if you know, deep down, that they’re not the one, sending that text will always be just a bandaid, never a solution.

— Kim Quindlen, When You Want To Text Them And You Know You Shouldn’t

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She doesn’t need to text you, because she has self-respect. Self-esteem. Self-love. And that’s all she really needs.

— Holly Riordan, This Is Why She Won’t Text You, Even Though She Thinks About You Every Single Day

Texting Self-Respect Self-Love Self-Esteem

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Ignore his text because you can. That lie you’re telling yourself about why you’re answering or you’re not strong enough to ignore it, is only that… a lie. You’re strong enough to ignore his text.

— Kirsten Corley, This Is Why You Need To Ignore His Text

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Why text them anything at all if every single one of the possible responses you can get will ultimately leave you feeling empty?

— Alexia LaFata, For The Love Of GOD, Do Not Text Your Ex

Texting Empty messages

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You badly want to contact your ex, but just pause for a moment and think. Would you ever let your very best friend do the very thing that you are contemplating? HECK NO. That D-bag does not deserve to feel any sort of satisfaction and he certainly does not deserve to see your pain.

— Sutharsy Sivabalan, 7 Reminders That You Should Never Text Your Ex Again

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Take a second to be real with yourself. You are not texting your ex because you genuinely care about what homework assignment they’re working on. You are not texting your ex just to tell them how angry you are. No. You are texting them with the hope that they will realize the error of their ways, will say, ‘I miss you, and I want to love you,’ and will come running back to you.

— Alexia LaFata, For The Love Of GOD, Do Not Text Your Ex

Texting Exes Missing You

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I miss you the most during the day when I want to text you to tell you about random silly moments that popped up throughout my day.

— Alexandria Brown, I Just Want To Know That You Miss Me

Texting Missing You Stories

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For the big important things, it’s usually fine to text an ex but for smaller, every day things, you shouldn’t text your ex. It’s just your way of rationalizing reaching out to him when, really, you should be moving on.

— Veronica Walsingham, 16 Times You Want To Text Your Ex But 100% Shouldn't

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Don’t text him. Because deep down you know he doesn’t care, being strung along isn’t fair.

— Jenifer Chong, Don’t Text Him

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So when you think you’re missing me you better keep it to yourself. You better put down your phone and you better remember you’re the one who fucked this up, you’re the one who deserves to suffer and the one who should miss me like hell.

— Becca Martin, You Fucked Up, Remember That When You Try To Crawl Back Into My Life

Texting Missing You Suffering

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He doesn't deserve that moment of smug satisfaction. When he looks at his phone and sees your little note, he immediately thinks, ‘She wants me.’ Do you really want to give him that?

— Halle Kaye, Never Text Your Ex -- 6 Reasons You'll Always Regret It

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You do not really want to text him but you have not found anyone else ever since. That is not a good reason to text him, there are hundred of single people out there ready to fall in love and you are wasting your time with a story that has ended.

— Annuk Andrew, 15 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Text Your Ex! - Love Life Journey

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It’s never worth it. It’s never worth being the one who breaks first. It’s never worth being the one waiting. You’re stronger than that. You’re not the one who waits around, but the one who doesn’t even notice when he texted. You’re the one in control, the one who doesn’t need his vacuous responses to feel good.

— Lauren Martin, Do Not Text Him: 54 Things You Should Do Instead Of Texting Him

Texting Control Power

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Nobody texts their ex from a good state of mind.

— Jamie Lauren Keiles, There Is No Good Reason to Text Your Ex

Texting Exes Unhappy

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I don’t want to say something I’ll regret. When I delete my ex from social media, it’s my way of walking away.

— Rosie Kelly, Why You Should Delete Your Ex On Social Media

Texting Social Media Exes

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If it’s always you texting him first; if it’s always you laying on the couch staring at your phone, hoping that the hours of space between texts means he’s just busy; if it’s you always making the dates and the hangouts — you should take a step back and realize you are worth more.

— Lacey Ramburger, You Are Worth More Than Someone Who Won’t Even Text You Back

Texting Busy Waiting

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Always have the urge to text people I shouldn't be texting after 11 pm.

— Wallace, via twitter.com

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If you text and he doesn’t respond, you’ll just feel shittier.

— Ari Eastman, 17 Things I Tell Myself When I Feel The Urge To Text You

Texting Response Depression

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She refuses to text you, because you haven’t been texting her. And in her mind, that means that you haven’t been thinking about her at all.

— Holly Riordan, This Is Why She Won’t Text You, Even Though She Thinks About You Every Single Day

Texting Missing You one-sided

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Put your phone down, dear. Because it’s not worth all the sleepless nights, the what-if’s, the pillows stained with tears.

— Jenifer Chong, Don’t Text Him

Texting phones Missing You

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You don’t need to message them to receive closure and move on. You can just move on, on your own and feel better about in the long run. You don’t need anything more from then and a text won’t change anything.

— Amanda Jensen, 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Message Your Ex

Texting Closure Moving On

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It’s okay to want to text them. But don’t follow through with it. It’ll just further postpone the healing time that your heart needs to go through before it’s ready to open itself back up.

— Kim Quindlen, When You Want To Text Them And You Know You Shouldn’t

Texting Healing Moving On

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Delete his number. Stare at your phone for a minute to let it sink in that you won’t be reaching out to him on your toughest nights and that he won’t be the one to comfort you.

— Molly Burford, Delete His Number

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Don’t text them ‘your song’ even if it was just on the radio on like, three different stations AT THE SAME TIME and you are convinced it’s a sign. It’s not. It’s just a coincidence. Keep calm. Carry on.

— Gina Vaynshteyn, 10 Text Messages to Never Send Your Ex

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When you text an ex, they get to be reassured that you miss them and that you’re constantly thinking about them. You may be at the stage where this is true, but, why let them know that? By not texting said ex, you are showing them and yourself that you are perfectly capable of being on your own and you don’t need them in order to find happiness.

— Sutharsy Sivabalan, 7 Reminders That You Should Never Text Your Ex Again

Texting Exes Independent

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Texting him immediately diminishes your hotness. As long as you’re not in contact, he has no idea what you’re up to or what you’re thinking. For all he knows, you’re totally over it and haven’t given him a second thought, which makes you more desirable. By reaching out, you immediately kill that illusion.

— Halle Kaye, Never Text Your Ex -- 6 Reasons You'll Always Regret It

Texting Hot Desire

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Ignore his text because he’s not making a point to show up.

— Kirsten Corley, This Is Why You Need To Ignore His Text

Texting Effort Ignore

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Instead of texting him to discuss a movie or beg him to watch it, text a girlfriend instead. Girlfriends like movies too.

— Veronica Walsingham, 16 Times You Want To Text Your Ex But 100% Shouldn't

Texting Movies Friends

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The urge to text an ex can come from a variety of places: boredom, loneliness, horniness, thirst for attention, or even the inexplicable desire to create chaos in our own lives. These are valid urges, but why give your ex the unnecessary joy of satisfying them?

— Jamie Lauren Keiles, There Is No Good Reason to Text Your Ex

Texting Bored Lonely Horny

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You are worth more than short late night texts and half interested conversations. More than vague compliments and empty promises.

— Lacey Ramburger, You Are Worth More Than Someone Who Won’t Even Text You Back

Texting Conversaions compliments Empty Promises

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It’s extremely hard to get over someone you dated and dedicated a good chunk of your life to. It’s hard enough to run into them in person, but having to see their face on every app you open is one hundred times worse.

— Rosie Kelly, Why You Should Delete Your Ex On Social Media

Texting Social Media Exes

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If you absolutely must, type out the message. Then, send it to YOURSELF, and wait many, many hours. I promise you that the extreme desire to send your ex that text message will pass.

— Alexia LaFata, For The Love Of GOD, Do Not Text Your Ex

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I’ll never answer your texts, I’ll never follow you again on social media, I’ll never reach out to you when I’m missing you like hell because you don’t deserve me. You proved to me that you don’t deserve me, especially when I gave you nothing but all the love in my heart.

— Becca Martin, You Fucked Up, Remember That When You Try To Crawl Back Into My Life

Texting Missing You deserving

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