# Things you may not want to tell your ex-wife

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 14, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260 "2024-09-14T13:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260/41 "2024-09-23T08:25:45Z")

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I have had sex since divorce, but I would never tell my ex about that fact. There are no points to be scored, the game is over.

But, I am admittedly jealous that she is in a new relationship, whereas I am still in the “completely emotionally fucked” phase post-divorce. I feel unable to establish a new relationship.

I won’t tell her that either.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260/42 "2024-09-23T09:11:06Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> TIL that apparently a fair number of guys think that bragging to their ex-wives about how much better their sex life became post-divorce is some kind of rhetorical score. 🤔

I’m a guy and have never hear any of my divorced male friends talk about that so I really think it’s YMMV.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260/43 "2024-09-25T19:51:08Z")

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I do know that you married on the rebound from being widowed after a long, happy marriage, and TBH even though I don’t know either of you IRL, I can’t be the only one who thought it wasn’t going to last.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260/44 "2024-09-25T19:52:56Z")

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Oh, believe me, it’s not necessarily just a man thing.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-may-not-want-to-tell-your-ex-wife/1007260/45 "2024-09-25T20:43:12Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> I can’t be the only one who thought it wasn’t going to last.

You’re not. And thanks for the implied support.

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