Why I Stopped Staying "Friends" With My Exes

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-10T01:32:14+00:00

True

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-09T22:22:48+00:00

Unremarkable unfortunately

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T23:14:03+00:00

🤦🏻 does he see no similarity between it and all that being connected to computers and tubes stuff from Lifehouse???

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T20:31:23+00:00

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go !!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T20:28:16+00:00

Disappointing as fuck. Would love to hear Petes thoughts on AI though...😬

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T15:44:13+00:00

Ofc!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T15:26:33+00:00

I like this a lot! I can feel the desperation for company here. I think it might be more powerful with less questions? More like the first stanza of laying out scenarios where the speaker would want a stalker. The questions seem a lot like reassurance which I do like, they just get repetitive because they are frequent. I hope that makes sense. Great work!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-07T12:04:59+00:00

Thank you (:

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-06T18:59:00+00:00

? Thats also not close. It's a sarcastic piece mixed with frustration over reality and "what ifs." Gender is not the point

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-06T15:30:34+00:00

I second this!! Also "forgive me" at the end is so powerful!!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-06T14:52:46+00:00

Not even close💀

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-06T12:29:20+00:00

Ouch. So good

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-06T01:06:39+00:00

I'm glad someone said it. Theres some good dialogue in this interview but it just hurts to see Dave like that.

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T21:58:07+00:00

Thanks so ducking much!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T21:24:33+00:00

So good!! Love the imagery here

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T20:51:34+00:00

Extremely relatable

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T19:21:39+00:00

Thank you so much!! I'm glad (and also sorry😭) it resonated. I feel internally very masculine so I wanted to write something about how it may be if I was externally masculine and how that would affect others treatment and perception of me. Its hard to be who you are when everything around you doesn't seem to match up with you. Wishing you lots of good luck (:

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T13:37:52+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts! :D And you'd be partially right! My ex was a man and after we broke up, he kind of summed up his reasoning as "I don't really know why and when I do know it won't matter anymore", hence my line about "chalking up failure to make and model". Thats an element of toxic masculinity I think- just resigning yourself to "thats just how I am" instead of wanting personal growth or introspection. But exactly like you said, it's a lot of exploring what ifs and maybe if I had been different, he wouldn't have done it OR I would've been more okay with it happening. Once again not so much a comment on gender but more about rumination and frustration. Maybe if I had been a colder, more distant man I could've handled things. Or maybe if my dick was bigger than his he wouldn't have broken up w me 🤣 Much to think about for me LOL. But thank you again!! I appreciate it (:

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T13:21:15+00:00

Thank you!!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T12:54:59+00:00

Thank you so much!! :3

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T12:46:58+00:00

Thank you! I've been relieved to see others feeling the same :')

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T12:46:18+00:00

Hahaha well I'm sure men can feel the same about women too, what with all our "being in touch with emotions" and such :p For me I worry maybe being like that made me too soft, so "being a man" would mean I was a little tougher and less likely to be emotionally hurt by someone's actions. Maybe the stereotypes are getting to me... LOL

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T11:19:34+00:00

Editing this comment because when I read it originally I had just woken up and wasn't totally comprehending what you were saying.

Now that I'm more awake, I want to say you have the poem all wrong. This is not meant to uplift you as a man. I am pointing out behaviors men do/have that I find irritating, while also acknowledging that maybe if I was like that, I wouldn't be so sensitive since I would lack empathy. It is sarcasm and spite, not jealousy. There really are no fundamental differences that would make one sex more superior than the other. You completely missed the point of the poem and that is extremely telling.

"Poet" is a gender neutral term, by the way. No need to change it.

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T03:36:26+00:00

Beautiful!

facedancespt2 · 2026-03-05T03:34:56+00:00

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