{"id":21400,"date":"2012-09-30T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T16:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=21400"},"modified":"2012-10-01T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T14:17:06","slug":"who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Who cares if exes call or text your mate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21410\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-21410\" title=\"man in bed on phone\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/man-in-bed-on-phone-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>To the ones who complain to me when their mate engages in texts and late night phone calls with an ex who is trying to lure him back: Not to worry. He&#8217;s at your place while he&#8217;s doing it and he tells you all about it. If he wanted to be with them, he&#8217;d be with them. Meantime, feel free to text and call whomever you wish if you feel you&#8217;re lacking attention. \u00a0 Nothing moves you on to a better feeling thought like a new flirtation. \u00a0\u00a0After reading <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flirting\">Wiki<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/flirt\">Merriam Webster<\/a> definitions (which differ) of flirtation, I will say that when I use the word, there is no romantic or sexual promise in it. Merely interest in and appreciation of who and what someone is and does. \u00a0My point is we each, regardless of conventional relationship obligations, must make it a point to spend time with those who uplift us and inspire us and add a pleasant experience to our life. Don&#8217;t expect to get it all from one person, because when that person leaves, you will then have nothing. Have a collection of friends who make you happy, and a variety of sources that stimulate and inspire you. \u00a0Then when your world and everything in it morphs and changes, you&#8217;ve got a big support team to draw encouragement and inspiration from.<\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Who cares if exes call or text your mate?&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Who%20cares%20if%20exes%20call%20or%20text%20your%20mate?&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/who-cares-if-exes-call-or-text-your-mate\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the ones who complain to me when their mate engages in texts and late night phone calls with an ex who is trying to lure him back: Not to worry. He&#8217;s at your place while he&#8217;s doing it and he tells you all about it. If he wanted to be with them, he&#8217;d be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21400"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21413,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21400\/revisions\/21413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}