What’s the Point in “Catching Up” with an Ex?

Sarah Maclin Lyons
3 min readApr 26, 2019

I’m not holding any grudges. I just don’t care about what’s going on his life anymore.

Photo by Alexandre Godreau on Unsplash

I get the occasional text from my ex saying, “I hope all is well. We should catch up sometime.” It’s been years since we broke up. Usually this text comes on my birthday.

I don’t respond anymore. I’ve had the “catch up” conversation with him before, early on after the…

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Sarah Maclin Lyons

Storyteller | Poet | I write what feels right. Obsessed with love and how we live life.