Elizabeth Stone explains why your ex keeps liking your Instagram stories: it usually doesn't mean anything. Monitoring an ex's social media prolongs unhappiness, so stop checking unless you actually want to get back together.
Hi, I'm Elizabeth Stone, and here's today's question. My boyfriend of 3 years broke up with me less than 2 months ago. I was already at the point in the relationship where I was also ready to leave, but I knew I didn't want to be the one who did the leaving. However, I still have him in my private story, and he also swipes up and comments on the things I post. What does this mean? Is he just being friendly, or is he trying to rekindle something between us? Of course I still love him, but he was pretty much my first everything, and we got along extremely well. There were just a lot of outside factors that wouldn't allow our relationship to grow. Alright. Well, you said that you were already ready to leave him when he broke up with you. So it doesn't really matter what his behavior means. No one hands anyone a how to be an ex playbook when a relationship ends. Your ex-boyfriend probably doesn't have some big master plan behind what he's doing when he swipes and comments on your social media posts. You have to think about it like this. If you knew with 100% certainty that his actions right now mean he's spending day and night thinking about how much he wants you back, does that change the reality about your relationship working? If the answer is no, then you need to quit torturing yourself and monitoring what he's doing on social media. If the answer is yes, or you happen to want another chance with him, Then maybe it's time to simply start talking with him again. But either way, monitoring what your ex is doing on social media like this is a bad habit that you would benefit a lot from breaking. Research suggests that people who keep following each other and monitoring what their ex is doing after a breakup tend to stay unhappy longer and have a harder time moving on. If it's true that you absolutely should not be in a romantic relationship with your ex-boyfriend for whatever reason, Then you're using your time and energy wondering about something that doesn't matter in the long run. I like to think about it like this: if whatever is bothering me wouldn't matter at all in 5 years, then it's time to let it go right now. So whatever you have to do to quit checking up on him is worth doing. If you think that this breakup is really a mistake and you want another chance, then You can approach it another way. Either way, it's time to get out and start living your best life, whether or not you rekindle things with your ex-boyfriend. So please like and subscribe to the channel. It really helps the channel to grow and reach more people. If you're interested in getting my help with your situation, I offer one-on-one coaching. You can go to my website, and at the top of the page, you will see a tab that says coaching. On that page, there There are instructions for the details and how to sign up. While you're on my website, you can also check out the 2 free masterclasses, The 7 Blocks to Manifesting Love and 3 Innocent Mistakes Women Make with Men. Otherwise, I'm Elizabeth Stone, and I'll talk to you next time. Bye.
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