12 signs your ex is keeping you as an option (and what to do next)

When issues finish between you and an ex, it may really feel like your world is crashing down round you.

It’s particularly laborious once you two had been so shut to 1 one other. There are such a lot of blended feelings, and also you simply don’t know what to do or the best way to transfer ahead.

It may be troublesome to know the place to start, and even tougher to know the place to finish.

If you’re nonetheless so related, it’s the small choices that may really feel like massive ones. You don’t wish to push your ex away, however you’re additionally undecided the best way to make issues proper once more.

And when you might not notice it, there are some refined indicators that your ex continues to be conserving you on the again burner. Learn on to be taught extra about what these are and how one can inform in case your ex is conserving you as an choice.

1) They contact you extra usually than you contact them

On the subject of exes which are conserving you as an choice, that is the primary signal.

However why is it an issue?

It’s merely since you’re the one that is on the lookout for closure and a motive to maneuver on.

Until the 2 of you continue to have quite a lot of unresolved points, it could make extra sense so that you can attain out extra continuously than them.

However for those who discover that your ex is looking extra usually than you’re calling them, then it’s secure to say issues are nonetheless a bit unresolved.

It’s additionally price noting that every time issues finish, there are only a few individuals who persist with their phrase.

So even when your ex was the one who wished to work issues out, they most likely gained’t be the one which sticks with their promise.

Even when your ex is the one who ended issues, they’re most likely nonetheless going to need you to achieve out extra. And in the event that they’re not, it’s an indication they need you to achieve out greater than anything, which isn’t good both.

2) They make excuses as to why they will’t hang around anymore.

So that you’ve been hanging out together with your ex extra continuously, however then all of the sudden they begin making up excuses.

“Sorry, I can’t exit tonight. I’m babysitting my sister’s youngsters.”

Or possibly they are saying one thing like, “I might like to see you now that you simply talked about it! However on Tuesday my boss is letting me make money working from home for a bit.”

They might even discover an excuse to cancel plans or take a break proper after assembly up with you.

Whereas this isn’t as massive of a deal as the primary clue, it’s nonetheless an indication that they need you to be an choice.

In case your ex was actually excited about transferring issues ahead, then they might find time for you… and so they wouldn’t must make up excuses for why they will’t try this.

3) They’re conserving your relationship secret

When you’re nonetheless hanging out together with your ex, then odds are you’re not wanting issues to remain secret ceaselessly.

But when your ex is conserving the connection a secret from at the least one different particular person, then there’s a great likelihood they need it to remain an choice.

However wait – there’s extra:

In the event that they advised everybody that you simply two had been working issues out, they wouldn’t be capable of maintain you on the backburner that approach.

When you’re feeling a little bit adventurous, do this “Jealousy” textual content

— “I feel it was a terrific concept that we determined to start out relationship different folks. I do exactly wish to be buddies proper now!” —

Jealousy is a robust factor; use it to your benefit. However use it correctly.

By giving your ex this textual content, you’re speaking to your ex that you simply’re truly wished by others. We’re all drawn to folks wished by others.

By saying that you simply’re relationship once more, you’re just about saying that “it’s your loss!”

After sending this textual content they’ll start to really feel attraction for you once more due to a “worry of loss”.

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4) They’re utilizing you as a ‘keen back-up’ for his or her different issues

If you wish to know whether or not or not your ex is utilizing you as a backup, then have a look at how laborious they attempt to get you concerned of their pursuits.

As an example, in case you have quite a bit in frequent together with your ex, then it could make sense for them to wish to contain you of their pursuits.

But when all their buddies are the identical form of folks, then why would they trouble inviting you to hang around?

It’s as a result of they’re attempting to make use of you as a backup.

Even when they need you concerned of their lives, they nonetheless don’t need you concerned an excessive amount of.

In case your ex is attempting to get you concerned in sports activities or reveals that they like, then it most likely implies that they don’t seem to be excited about being buddies with you in any respect.

In case your ex is attempting to get you to go on trip with them, then it most likely implies that your ex is attempting to make use of you as a back-up.

They don’t actually wish to be with you, they simply need another person there who they will showcase by taking photos with.

This doesn’t imply that for those who go on trip together with your ex, it means you’re going to get again collectively.

It simply implies that your ex continues to be excited about getting nearer to you once more.

They might be attempting to determine how they will get again into your life, and that is a method.

5) They don’t inform you once they’re relationship another person

In case your ex actually desires to be buddies, then they might need the perfect for you and need you to know in the event that they had been relationship another person.

They might need you to know that in case something occurs between themselves and the brand new particular person, they need you to be open and accessible.

Clearly, for those who wished to be buddies with an individual who’s relationship another person, then that’s not the issue right here.

The straightforward fact is:

That’s the place this clue will get a bit tough as a result of it’s straightforward to assume that in case your ex isn’t telling you they’re relationship another person they nonetheless genuinely wish to be buddies.

However truly, they simply don’t wish to threat you not being an choice in case issues don’t work out with the brand new particular person.

One solution to check this clue is to textual content your ex on the evening of a breakup saying issues like, “Hey, I simply wished to say that I hope you’re relationship somebody particular for you. You deserve that!”

This article is going to get a response out out of your ex.

In the event that they don’t reply again and appear upset, then they aren’t actually excited about being an open choice.

6) They don’t take any actual steps towards transferring on

You may at all times inform how a lot your ex desires to get again collectively by how a lot they’re placing in.

Quite a lot of occasions, after an unsuccessful breakup, your ex will inform you all the explanations that the 2 of it is best to get again collectively and offer you a listing of issues they’ll change.

However then, when it comes time for them to really put these adjustments in movement, they don’t do any of them.

In case your ex actually wished to get again collectively, then they might take actual steps with the intention to make that occur.

These steps might embody counseling periods, engaged on their relationship with one other particular person, and even simply going out on relationship apps and giving issues an actual shot.

However general, the one solution to know in case your ex nonetheless desires you is by listening to what they’re saying and the way they’re appearing.

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7) Your ex retains issues faux

When all indicators level to your ex not being excited about you, then all indicators level to “fakeness”.

In case your ex retains issues faux, then they’re attempting to maintain up appearances.

They’re attempting to make it seem to be you’re nonetheless an choice for them and that there’s nothing incorrect between the 2 of you.

This tactic is used quite a bit when folks wish to get again along with another person . . . after which attempt to sabotage these makes an attempt with the intention to maintain their ex round.

For instance, your ex will proceed to inform you that they love you and that they wish to be with you.

However then as soon as the 2 of you begin transferring again in collectively, or if they begin relationship another person, they’ll pull the “I don’t love you anymore” card and attempt to transfer on.

It is a frequent tactic utilized by individuals who wish to maintain their choices open once they aren’t actually excited about their present relationship.

8) They don’t reply or textual content again to you for days at a time

You may inform quite a bit about your ex simply by taking a look at their telephone messages or texts — in the event that they even trouble to answer to your messages in any respect.

In case your ex doesn’t even trouble to textual content or name you again anymore, then that’s an excellent signal that they’re utilizing you as a backburner choice.

In the event that they genuinely wished to be buddies with you, they might attempt to maintain issues as open as doable in order that they may have that choice accessible.

But when your ex isn’t even bothering to textual content you again, then this can be a useless giveaway that the one factor they’re attempting to “save” is their very own satisfaction.

As an open choice, in case your ex doesn’t reply to you for a couple of days, then take it as a touch and go do one thing enjoyable with buddies. Don’t textual content them and attempt to make plans to satisfy up.

Give it some thought this manner:

As an alternative of attempting to make it seem to be you’re an choice for them, they simply maintain their distance and attempt to keep away from you altogether.

In case your ex retains refusing to answer you for days on finish, then that implies that it is best to go and do one thing else to allow them to know the way you’ve been doing.

9) They depend on you for advantages, not love

When an ex is providing you with the silent remedy and even going as far as to keep away from you utterly, then you could take this as a warning signal that they’ve moved on with another person.

One of the simplest ways on your ex to maneuver on with somebody new is to seek out somebody who could make them really feel assured, secure and safe.

In case your ex hasn’t discovered that particular person, then they’re nonetheless utilizing you as a backburner choice . . . and never transferring on in any respect.

In reality, they might even attempt to use you as a solution to really feel higher about themselves.

For instance, in case your ex is aware of that another person desires them and so they assume that they will’t get that particular person, then they might go to belongings you like or do issues for you so as to be ok with themselves.

They need you to really feel rejected by them so that it’s going to make them really feel much less rejected by another person… however truly, the one one feeling rejected is your self.

The best way to keep away from this sense of rejection is to seek out another person who’s keen to provide you all of the issues that you simply’re on the lookout for.

That approach, even when your ex tries to make themselves really feel good by utilizing you, they gained’t be capable of as a result of they know that they will’t get you within the first place.

10) You solely get referred to as for last-minute plans

Being a backup has the benefit of constructing it clear when you’re wanted as a ‘last-minute alternative.’

In different phrases, if you could name your ex on the final minute and they don’t seem to be actually excited about being buddies, then they’ll solely wish to see you one-on-one.

They could even inform you that you don’t get the “buddies” guidelines and can make issues troublesome for you.

Or, they may simply hang around with different folks with out telling you or mentioning how they need to have one other bachelor occasion with their buddies.

So what’s the purpose?

It’s not a great signal if you’re solely getting referred to as in on the final minute. In case your ex calls you up to hang around, then don’t be afraid to inform them which you can’t make it.

If they’re solely calling you in once they can’t get another person, then likelihood is, that another person is somebody extra keen for them so far or be with.

The truth that our ex solely referred to as us once they had an emergency made it clear that we weren’t their best choice.

Final-minute texts and telephone calls could also be a sign that you simply’re getting used as an emergency backup plan within the occasion that their different contacts fall via.

11) They don’t offer you any actual causes to hang around

Simply because your ex hangs out with you, doesn’t imply that they’re not seeing different folks. And as apparent as that could be, it occurs on a regular basis.

So your ex would possibly name you up to hang around, but when they don’t offer you any actual causes to spend time with them, then this can be a useless giveaway that they’re stringing you alongside whereas they attempt to discover another person.

Don’t be fooled by them telling you that you simply look good or that they’re not seeing anybody else or that they’re taking a trip to go do one thing.

In case your ex is attempting to drag one thing with you on a regular basis, then they’re nonetheless utilizing you as a backup choice. They simply wish to waste your time and string you alongside till somebody higher comes round.

In case your ex has no actual motive to hang around with you, simply to hang around with you, then they’re most likely not attempting to get again along with you.

12) One-way visitors throughout conversations

Communication in a wholesome partnership will at all times be open and clear.

Who’re they to us if we are able to’t brazenly specific our ideas, emotions, and feelings to them?

Having a one-way dialogue together with your ex is a strong signal that he or he’s utilizing you as a back-burner choice.

Contemplate what it might signify in case your associate or ex-partner enjoys speaking and listening to themselves speak however has little time to take heed to your issues.

Sharing the whole lot with our vital different is the perfect a part of making a relationship.

Non-listening, in accordance with some, is an indication {that a} associate is being handled as lower than equal and, consequently, expects extra consideration than they’re prepared to provide.

The connection could also be in hassle if you end up participating in quite a lot of one-way communication in different areas of your life.

Closing ideas

It may be fairly troublesome to let go of a relationship.

It’s much more troublesome to know whether or not you’re over or whether or not your ex is over.

However when there are indicators of backburnering, then you could begin eager about how issues will look in the long term.

When you genuinely need your ex again, you want the assistance of knowledgeable.

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