A small quiz

Should I text my ex?

Should you send it, or sit with it one more day?

8 questions 2 minutes

A hand hovering above a phone lying face down on a quilt beside a cup of tea and a single tarot card, soft watercolour illustration

Should you send it, or sit with it one more day?

You are holding your phone and you have read the same draft several times. That is a specific moment and it deserves a specific answer rather than a lecture about self-respect. This is a decision tree, not a personality test. Eight questions about what the message is for, what state you are in, and what happens to you if nothing comes back. It takes about ninety seconds, which is roughly how long you were going to spend hesitating anyway.

2 minutes · 8 questions

the questions in this quiz

  1. What is the message actually for?

    • Something practical that genuinely needs an answer
    • Something kind you want to say, with nothing asked in return
    • To find out where you stand
    • To get him back, if you are being honest about it

  2. What time is it, and how are you?

    • Daytime, sober, reasonably steady
    • Evening. Tired, a bit raw
    • Late, or after a drink
    • Fine, except you have reread the draft eight times

  3. How long since you last had contact?

    • Days. You are still in ordinary contact about practical things
    • A few weeks
    • Long enough that a message would be an event
    • You reached out recently and it went nowhere

  4. The last time you reached out, what happened?

    • A normal exchange, no aftermath
    • He replied, and you felt worse afterward
    • Nothing much, or something very short
    • This would be the first time

  5. Have you already written it?

    • No. It is still a feeling
    • Yes, once, and it is short
    • Yes, and there are three versions
    • Yes, and it is long

  6. He does not reply at all. What happens to your week?

    • Not much. A bit flat, then fine
    • You would be checking your phone for two days
    • It would take the whole week down with it
    • You would send a second message

  7. What do you want him to feel when he reads it?

    • Informed. It genuinely is just information
    • Warm. You want him to know one true thing
    • Missed
    • Regret

  8. Would you be comfortable if he read it out loud to a friend of his?

    • Yes, completely
    • Mostly
    • No
    • You would rather not picture it

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