# Let it Be

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-be/782077>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-be/782077 "2017-03-13T10:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-be/782077/1 "2017-03-13T10:03:30Z")

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I got a message from my ex-wife recently. Nothing really important. But it did have her current contact information, and stupid me, I Googled it.

Nothing I found was detrimental, and I certainly do not want to hurt her–we had a very civil divorce. She was, and remains, a fine woman.

But the links that were returned and the information that was in them–they kind of hurt. I thought about responding–then decided not to. I decided to, as the Beatles said, “Let it Be.”

How have you Dopers decided to “Let it Be”?

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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-be/782077/2 "2017-03-13T11:54:03Z")

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Do you mean what was the decision process or what were the circumstances? I’ve gone through several “let it be” moments with my exwife also. After a while I ran out of things to have “let it be” moments about. How long have you been divorced?

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-be/782077/3 "2017-03-13T14:01:28Z")

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Unless the reach out was actually for something important (kids or part of the divorce or something like that) I would say you did the right choice in letting it be.

I’ve had to do two let it be’s, one ended up being OK because her life turned into a trainwreck, but the first is STILL a let it be for me. I’m just too sensitive ya know?