Almost everybody has a song that reminds them of their ex.

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Almost everybody has a song that reminds them of their ex.

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  2. Empty-Psychology-427 Avatar

    I have songs that remind me of time periods in my life

  3. Lost_My_Brilliance Avatar

    I guess I’m an anomaly then

  4. kd451 Avatar

    Bold of you to assume most of us have an ex.

  5. Pipe_Memes Avatar

    First of all,
    How dare
    You?

  6. Gorkymalorki Avatar

    My late fiance always said that the song Strawberry Wine was the perfect song that reminded her about our relationship because it reminded her of us getting together when we were teenagers, but then she moved to LA and we ended up getting back together in our late 30s. She passed from complications with COVID. Her parents included it in the playlist at her funeral and I cried more than I have ever cried before. I always listen to it on the anniversary of her passing.

  7. Bombaboe Avatar

    She absolutely ruined maneater for me… guess I should have taken that as a sign

  8. Carrera_996 Avatar

    Suavemente, Elvis Crespo

  9. Mysterious-Essay-860 Avatar

    Yes but it’s Living Dead Girl.

    (she’s alive, I would like to note, to the best of my knowledge)

  10. sharkpop123 Avatar

    DUDE IM LISTENING TO IT RN

  11. tessharagai_ Avatar

    I never listened to Eminem before, he liked Eminem, Eminem is that artist

  12. Mehroom-Dil Avatar

    Only If you have an ex…

  13. afraid2fart Avatar

    I have an entire album I can’t listen to without thinking about her (not really an ex, just someone I don’t talk to anymore)

  14. Affectionate_Face741 Avatar

    Yep I could make a whole playlist of them.

  15. ItSaSunnyDaye Avatar

    First ex; Thumbs by Sabrina Carpenter

    Second ex; Killing In The Name, Rage Against the Machine, Sugar Rush, Pixl, and Virtually Impossible by Context Sensitive

    I think the most insulting thing about it is that the last three are on my playlist.

  16. throwraglassglass Avatar

    No i don’t lol i couldn’t care less

  17. OrdinaryBudget3994 Avatar

    First girlfriend, Silent all these years, Tori Amos

  18. 0theHumanity Avatar

    And I’m not supposed to act like it because it messes with other people’s enjoyment

  19. Khrog Avatar

    I’m surprised that so many would have this thought. There are no songs that I attach to any ex, ever, and only a few to my wife of 20+ years.

  20. Hammer7869 Avatar

    What if I have multiple songs that remind me of multiple ex’s?

  21. T-Mart-J Avatar

    Camila Cabello – Havana

    Her alarm song, so goddamn annoying, she always slept through it and it woke me up constantly.

  22. King_Trujillo Avatar

    Which one? Almost that sucks.

  23. Forever_In_a_Sweater Avatar

    I heard it today actually. It’s “Bed- J.Holiday”

  24. ZeakNato Avatar

    I have three exes and I never listened to music with one of them

  25. TesseractToo Avatar

    Almost everybody has a song that reminds them of their dog

    And if you remind me of my dog we’re bound to get along

    Little doggie, get along little doggie

  26. AnonScholar_46539 Avatar

    One quarter of the world population is between the ages of 0 and 14 and likely does not have an ex. What.

  27. So_spoke_the_wizard Avatar

    My college girlfriend at the time of the Breakfast Club would bring up the Simple Minds song, "Don’t You," because she was afraid we’d go our separate ways and never see each other again.

    A couple of years later, we broke up after Dirty Dancing came out. "(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life" always puts me in a melancholy mood.

  28. Iris-90_210 Avatar

    I have songs that remind me of memories, but in this example it also reminds me of an ex.

    This particular one assaulted me and I listened to the songs Bags by clario and manta rays by Chloe moriondo. The songs aren’t super sad but they are to me based on the memories attached.

    There’s also other songs connected to exes through using them to make me cry my feelings out.

  29. jchampeon Avatar

    Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen

  30. K_R_S Avatar

    Not everyone has ex though

  31. Pascal-1122 Avatar

    Boyfriend #1 – “Time After Time” by Cindy Lauper
    Boyfriend #2 – “Girls” by the Beastie Boys
    Boyfriend #3 – “Bring on the Dancing Horses by Echo and the Bunnymen

  32. MinFootspace Avatar

    I have an ex that reminds me of a song.

  33. IamIronBatman Avatar

    Thar implies that almost everyone has had and lost a gf to begin with.

  34. dachaotic1 Avatar

    And for half of the population that song is "Someone that I used to know" by Gotye.

  35. PLRGirl Avatar

    Most of the important people in my life have “their song”

  36. SquanchyMedusa Avatar

    Pretty much any song from the Arctic Monkeys.

  37. Chrisnolliedelves Avatar

    Lmao I wish it was just one song.

  38. RedheadedChaos1102 Avatar

    Itty bitty teeny weeny…..

  39. stayhidden85 Avatar

    So very true.

    Hate it. Trying to forget her, but then a song comes on.

  40. Less_Party Avatar

    And they think of me whenever Short Dick Man comes on

  41. trailrunner68 Avatar

    “We found love in a hopeless place.” Back then it meant Phoenix Arizona. It still is, but really it was her incredibly black heart which ended up winning in the end.

  42. MustyRoose Avatar

    Box of Bones – Third Eye Blind
    Really tumultuous time of my life, love the song but it hurts to hear. Honestly the whole Bande Apart album was on repeat during the time.

    And If You Love Her – Forest Blakk

  43. Sad_Bodybuilder_186 Avatar

    I have two.

    She sent me Until I Found You by Stephen Sanchez because she came out of a bad relationship (that’s atleast what she told me) and then after years of online friendship had "that" click. And it just happened.

    I sent her the song Angels Fall Sometimes by Josh Turner, because i had given up on dating because of a few reasons, but the biggest one was that i was afraid that people might judge me for my past (t turned in to an internet meme and people come up to me and ask for pics) yet here she was. After years, not only being mine. But i also kept thinking "what in the world does she want to do with someone like me" ?

    After she broke up with me and went to the guy who was "just an online friend" (right, just like i was) and we had a ton of discussion about before she broke up. I couldn’t listen to those songs for a loooonnnnngg time.

  44. traup89 Avatar

    There were several. I’ve been able to mostly strip those from thoughts of her by recotextualizing them. One I’ve failed to do so with is Imperfect by Stone Sour. Unfortunately, that track still makes me feel a bit off.

    More recently, I’ve found Lorna Shore’s Pain Remains (at least the three titular tracks at the end of that album). Same person. They remind me most of how I felt after that relationship ended.