20 subtle signs that your partner is missing his ex

We are all guilty of a small romantic nostalgia from time to time.


It's nice to claim thatbreakage is a clear break. The reality, of course, is often the case. Everyone who has experienced the test can testify, it is a race full of texts at the end of the evening, random sessions of tears, and the wandering of melancholy thoughts. Your partner, as much as you want to believe on the contrary, is no exception.

So, if your intuition now tells you that something is wrong with your partner that his attitude towards his ex is far from normal then, the chances are, you are probably at something. So, rather than trying to reject your insecurities about the relationship, it's time for your fears and face its subjects of its actions that is, after carefully analyzing the subtle signs that indicate that it is simply not on his ex to all.

1
She does not answer your affection.

Woman Avoiding Affection Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex

When your girlfriend still thinks of her ex, she will not be open to receiving someone else's affection. According to Grant Brenner, a psychiatrist and co-author ofSanity relationship: create and maintain healthy relationships, It can even feel like you, emotionally and physically, is similar to cheating on its ex. "Although there may be any other reasons for that, when your partner languishes for their ex, they are likely to be less interested in intimacy with you. They can even feel like they betray their ex, says-Brenner.

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His thoughts tend to be somewhere else during sex.

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When you are intimate with your partner, do she avoid contact with the eyes? Or maybe even in your avoiding watching the general direction at all? If your partner seems totally out of it during sex, then it could be held on earlier conditions of his ex, says Brenner.

3
She holds memories of her ex.

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Even after you told your partner that these memories of his ex being uncomfortable, she refuses to abandon them, and, according to Brenner, this presents one of the greatest signs that your partner refuses to move On old memories of his previous relationship.

"Your partner can get angry and apologize, or say they will get rid of these things, but never seem to move to do it. You can also notice your partner looking at articles, or by holding them, and looking at nostalgia in the distance ... which suggests that your partner is missing his ex and the reflection on the times they have spent together, "says Brenner.

4
She professes her love for you constantly.

Couple Smiling Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex

If it is the intention constantly by declaring his love and his commitment to you, while he is a beautiful gesture, he can often say that she tries to you and convince itself, that she is really on her ex And ready to fall into your arms. According to Mark Borg Jr, Ph.D., Community psychologist, psychoanalyst and co-author ofSanity relationship: create and maintain healthy relationships,This type of behavior is the clearest indication that it is not yet on its ex.

"Every time a partner, especially in a new relationship and even more particularly in a new relationship that is a rebound spending an abundant amount of time and professing energy (high and obsessive manner, with passion, annoying ) their certainty that "it's this! ' It is very likely that they miss their ex. The question here, however, isnotThat this person tries to convince you (their new partner) of their love (and to be "on" their ex). They are, on the contrary, to work very hard to convince oneself (that they do not miss their ex), "he says.

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She often grades the social media of her ex.

Woman Looking Through Her Ex's Social Media Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex
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If you noticed that it is subject to navigation its accounts frequently (at least the time you have been around witnesses such as behaviors) social media ex, it is another clear sign that the day that wants to keep an eye on his Ex- she does not try to let go of this person, says Brenner. This shows that she has not even tried to spend from her ex, and when you face it about it, she is only defensive of her actions.

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She's talking a lot more about her ex ...

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According to Heidi McBain, conjugal and family therapist and author ofTransitions in life: the personal stories of hope through most difficult challenges and changes in life,When your partner starts talking more about his ex, recalling memories or habits of their old relationship, when it serves to bring his ex from time to time, it might be tempted to treat his feelings for this ex.

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... where she stopped talking about her ex quite.

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On the reversal side, if it used to bring it from time to time and that all is not at all, even during the instigation by you, it could then prevent these feelings to hide the way in which She really feels the end of the end of her relationship with her ex, says McBain.

8
She compares you to her ex.

Couple Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex
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If you find that your partner often says things like "you treat me so much better than my ex" or "my ex has never been opened to try new things like you", then, according to McBain, it could indicate the fact That his ex is always on his mind, which does not bode well for your chances with her. While it does not want to know if the comparisons work in or against your favor, those that are complementary for you are probably manifestations of his own guilt to always maintain feelings for his ex.

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She stays in touch with the family of her ex.

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Even if she has formed an incredibly narrow connection with her ex family and stopped contacting her ex, he can always indicate that she did not let go of this part of her life,said Vikki Ziegler, a relationship expert and a divorce lawyer. In fact, not only is this continuous relationship is bad for its current relationship with you, but this can also negatively affect the family of its ex if borders are not discussed.

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She wants to take you to the same places where she went with her ex.

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When your partner wants to pursue the old traditions she had with her ex-that, with you - it should trigger immediate alarm bells in your head. According to Ziegler, the fact that she tries to live by the ancient memories of her earlier relationship means she does not want to create new ones with you-therefore unconsciously stifling your current partnership.

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She refuses to talk about her ex.

Couple Fighting Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex

It's one thing if it never mentions its ex-ex-it's another, if, when you have it sound for more information on this part of his life, she absolutely refuses to talk a word at all. This refusal may indicate to injure feelings or secret desire for their ex,said Psychotherapist relations Lena DerHeally.

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It always compliments its ex in the conversation.

Couple Talking Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex
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If you find that it is always heavier than necessary when it comes to complimenting its ex, it can be either comfortable with you to discuss these topics with you, or vice versa, do not do a lot to cover its Real feelings, indicates derment. Anyway, this tendency to put his ex on a pedestal with only the injury in future relationships, because she believes that no one can compete until her ex.

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It does not plan your future as a couple.

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Awful it: If she really wants to be with you, she will consider a future with you. So, if you noticed that she never wanted to make plans for more than a month in the future (or further, never wants to discuss future houses, children or marriage), so there is Good chance that it is just using you to overcome his ex.

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It mixes the details of your relationship with it previous.

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If she sometimes forgets that her ex is the one who likes to go hiking, and not you, and other mixtures of this nature, she does not really work to know you. When it is constantly fixed on details on the past, it can become difficult to rise to be present with you, its current partner.

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It's been months and you still have not met his family.

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Not only did you meet his family, but you are not even sure they know you exist. If it has been more than a few months and have not even met his family yet, I did not even mention it through her, then that could be a clear sign that she does not take the relationship with you seriously. In addition, this could indicate that it only uses you to overcome the ex that is obviously missing - and that his family involved in this rebound is too much for her to manage.

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His friends are surprised that she dating.

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Newsflash: If his friends have no idea who you are, then she does not take this relationship seriously. Since it is often a question of practicing standard to obsess on your cracks, serious or relaxed, with your closest friends, it is quite too suspicious that it did not even mention that it was coming out of anyone His friends - perhaps, in a big part, because she still analyzed her actions of ex with her friends.

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It always feels anger towards its ex.

Angry Woman Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex
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Whenever you try to raise his ex in a conversation, she immediately expresses feelings of anger towards them? Or is it open on his wounded feelings? Anyway, the fact that it houses any sort of resentment or anger towards this person is a clear sign that this rupture is still fresh in his mind. His anger means she always has feelings for that person.

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She does not bring you around mutual friends that she shares with her ex.

Man Meeting Partner's Friends Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex

Like Wendy Walsh, Ph.D., Author ofThe 30-day detoxification, Recount Today, when she refuses to bring you around the mutual friends of her ex, it could be because she does not want you to see how she reacts around her ex, if they come up, or she does not want His ex-mutual friends to know that she dating from someone else, lest they reveal this information to her ex. At the end of the day, she does not want her ex thinking she has moved.

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It will not create or impose limits with its ex.

Woman Texting Ex Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex
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In all romantic relationships, it is important to establish borders - as the frequency you should communicate with your ex, and so on. If it is incredibly resistant to all the limits relating to its ex, or, on, to accept these guidelines, it begins to refuse to enforce they probably do it probably because it does not want to lose communication with its partner previous. If she feared restrictions associated with her ex, it means she is not ready to move on, but you should.

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They always have romantic images together on social media.

Man Looking Through Partner's Social Media Signs Your Partner Misses Her Ex

Although it is completely understandable to leave some relics of your previous relationship on social media, it is likely to cross a line if the more romantic photos of an ex have not yet been removed. So, if you notice that his Instagram account always contains many romantic posts with his ex (and worse, she never wants to take pictures of this variety with you), then she might not want to admit to herself or the rest From the digital world that his relationship with his ex is, in fact, finished.


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