What happens to men who can’t get over their ex?

They get left behind.

This is a little anecdote about an ex friend that I used to hangout with. I used to hang out with a group of people after tennis club, but I don’t anymore because it conflicts with a new hobby of mine, so now I just go on another day without them. So I’m completely out of the loop.

Over the weekend, I was invited to hangout with them again. Everyone was there except for him. I asked about him since that guy is attached to my girlfriend’s husband. She said that he no longer hangs out with them, because all he does is that he keeps talking about the same ex. After having their baby, her husband got tired of listening to him talk about his ex of whom he broke up with in 2021!

Regarding this guy, the story was that, he dated someone 7 years younger than him. She was 23 and in college and he was 30 🤦🏻‍♀️. What’s crazy was that, he was living with her and her family. Like a 30 year old man living with his gf and her family. When I say live, I LITERALLY mean LIVE WITH HER FAMILY. He ate their food, slept at their house in her bed, and never paid for anything. This went on for a year until she graduated and broke up with him. I don’t even understand how her parents let that happen, or how this came to be. This isn’t something to be hung up over for years and years!

What I learnt from this is that, you will be left behind if you can’t get over your ex. Whether you choose to be single for a while or go on to see other people, it’s a move! If you can’t ex, you’re going to get left behind in isolation.

Side note, whenever I tell my mom this story, she says that it makes total sense. He doesn’t miss her, but instead, he misses what he got from being her bf. He never had to pay for food, rent, and he had free sex. All he had to do was work, and mooch off of her.