Don’t text them

ExList · You scanned a tombstone. That’s reason zero.

1. Look at the time. Nothing written after midnight has ever aged well.
2. You already know the reply. You’ve rehearsed both sides of the conversation. Twice.
3. “Just checking in” is never just checking in. Everyone involved knows it.
4. The lives ran out for a reason. You kept count. The count was honest.
5. Missing someone is a feeling, not an instruction. Feel it. Don’t forward it.
6. You’ll refresh that chat forty times. That’s an evening you don’t get back.
7. If it was meant to be, it wouldn’t need a 2 a.m. draft.
8. Your friends will find out. Your friends always find out.
9. Closure isn’t delivered by reply. It’s the thing you give yourself.
10. Put the phone down. Text someone who stayed.

Still want to?

Write it in your notes. Read it tomorrow. Then decide — it’s your call, it always was.

If you don’t feel safe with someone, this isn’t a joke page: talk to someone you trust, or find a free, confidential helpline at findahelpline.com.

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