Ex are Knots

Ever played the game – X and Knots, where you fill a matrix of 9 boxes with “x” and “o” to strike three in a line. And why? To win. Of course! The person choosing “x” gets to start, and if smart enough wins too!

So in real life – do you entice your “ex” to be on your side and play games with your “ex” just to win?
All wise people know that you can never be friends with your “ex”. I sadly realized it late. After having chosen a “knot”.

I thought there is just no harm in being “friends”.
Seems like life teaches you all your lessons – one by one. And sometimes not in the most docile manner.

Why do you need to be friends with your “ex”? Don’t you already have “other” friends?

Yeah, but maybe no one as close to you as your “ex” – who knows you in-&-out; who knows every little detail of your life; right from the time you open your eyes each morning till the time you shut them at night – in bed. Right from your favorite colors to your favorite food to each item in your closet. And who’d also love you truly in your “mood swings” and bad days and good days and average days; who’d care for you the most when even it’s just a thorn that scratched your arm; or a blade that almost ripped your finger apart. Who’d sometimes stay awake just to see you sleep peacefully. Who’d always hold you in his heart even when you decide to move on.

It could be a very selfish motive to still be friends with your ex. It might even feel like a game. Just because you like the “comfort zone”; just because you are habituated to that person’s existence; just because you can be in your skin around him. Just because you know each time you turn the familiar face would greet you with arms wide open. Just because having an “ex” sometimes makes you win.
Just because....

But its time you stop being selfish.

It’s time you let him off the hook.

It’s time you realize - You can never be friends with your ex.

“Ex”s are knots that you need to untangle soon. Ex-s are meant to be "let go".

Ex are Not friends.

I might not make much sense. But that’s okay. I make sense to me. And I’m happy not winning the game.