When You Accidentally Double Tap Your Ex's Social Media Post (What to Do)
Something hilarious happened the other day.
I was scrolling through my Facebook messages looking up someone I hadn’t been in touch for what felt like a year.
Upon scrolling, I saw messages from my good friend’s recent ex-boyfriend.
He had reached out 11 months earlier proclaiming his love for my girl friend and wanting my help with getting a ring.
But, given that I had just called him her “ex”—suffice it to say they’re not together anymore. More than that, things did not end well.
I got curious with these messages I had long forgotten. Everything in the conversation was mostly voice memos so I began listening to try and recall what the conversation was really about. There was no follow up after that conversation as I never went ring shopping or heard anything else.
I pressed play. My mind magically recalled what I was doing while listening to these messages back in August. (I was walking my dog in the middle of what seemed like a heatwave in Vancouver, BC where I used to live.)
I kept listening…curiosity getting the best of me…
But then…I accidentally double tapped one of his messages completely by accident when I meant to fast forward a message. LOL
Considering my friend is not on good terms with this guy, and I hadn’t spoken to him since last summer, I had to think about what I wanted to do about this.
So here’s what I did after that slight blip in concentration…
Now listen, I’m a conscious breakup coach, but I’m also human. So I get that social media doesn’t discriminate no matter how good you are at relationships or social media.
And I know—it’s weird, and almost like you feel you need to reach out and say “why” you double tapped, especially if you’re not in communication anymore. Just seems too random, right?
You start thinking of socially acceptable excuses like…
“whoops! My friend grabbed my phone and totally did that!”
“Drank too much today even though it’s 8:45am! Silly me!”
“It was a dare…”
But honestly, just let it go.
Unless you actually WANT to strike up a conversation, then I’d probably just not bring it up to them.
It’s not worth rehashing anything if there’s nothing more to say.
If you feel embarrassed, it’s all good. Most likely, they appreciated the double tap.
It’s all good. Let’s just move on.
xo
Nancy
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