--- title: Ex Texts Spreadsheet Google Doc description: Instead of contacting your ex, send your texts to this spreadsheet instead canonical: https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-16T22:24:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:34.669Z og:title: Here's Where You Should Send Texts You Want to Send Your Ex og:description: This spreadsheet is blowing up og:url: https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Where You Should Send Texts You Want to Send Your Ex twitter:description: This spreadsheet is blowing up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You'll Never Feel Tempted to Text Your Ex Again Thanks to This Handy Spreadsheet > Sponsored content. 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Data Animation: A new national survey from MONEY shows a big financial gender gap between husbands and wives when it comes to finances._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 16, 2017 10:24 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 16, 2017 10:24 PM UTC Unless you’re still friends with your ex, it’s rarely a good idea to [text](http://time.com/4637574/iphone-crash-text-2017/?iid=sr-link2) them your passing thought or fiery missive. Now, thanks to the internet, instead of [texting](http://time.com/4373616/text-abbreviations-acronyms/?iid=sr-link5) your ex, you can simply post the message to an ingenious online spreadsheet instead. “Things I Wanna Text My Ex” is the repository of all the texts people around the world wanted to send their exes—before thinking better of it. The [the spreadsheet (here)](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5O%5FOrSkaI%5F%5FpnjkKXOyZMMzqiPmpT3KKSxCNx7EyAc/edit#gid=0) is the subtly brilliant creation of [Sean Drohan,](https://www.facebook.com/sean.drohan/posts/10154140235901402) who made the spreadsheet on a lark, _Refinery 29_ [reported](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/02/140976/mystery-spreadsheet-texts-send-exes). The anonymous [texts](http://time.com/4588908/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-texts/?iid=sr-link4) range from the insidiously mundane (“I still have your netflix account”) to the righteously indignant (“if you had spent less time cheating and more time canvassing, Hillary would have took Iowa”) to the truly heartbreaking (“Please take me back, I still love you.”) They all have one thing in common, though: they are much better off on a spreadsheet than on an ex’s phone. It’s just a helpful alternative, as Drohan told Refinery 29, “Don’t [text](http://time.com/4494058/ios-10-stickers-messages/?iid=sr-link1) your ex tonight. If you want to, tomorrow.” In the meantime, just post to [this spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-5O%5FOrSkaI%5F%5FpnjkKXOyZMMzqiPmpT3KKSxCNx7EyAc/edit#gid=0). \[H/T [Refinery 29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/02/140976/mystery-spreadsheet-texts-send-exes)\] ## Transcript [00:04] [ MUSIC ] Are married couples on the same page when [00:06] it comes to money? They sure think they are. But here's [00:09] a reality check, the most common topic couples argue [00:12] about is money. We argue more about money more [00:15] than politics, sex, chores, what's for dinner, even your [00:19] snoring. What's more, men and women see things very [00:22] differently when it comes to household finances. [00:24] Especially the way you blew too much money on [00:27] frivolous purchases. Actually, both sexes point the [00:30] finger at their spouse the one blowing money [00:32] unnecessarily. When you ask wives, what financial habit [00:35] bothers them the most about their husbands? Frivolous [00:38] spending is a top answer. Likewise, it drives men crazy [00:41] that their wives make too many frivolous purchases. [00:47] [ MUSIC ]. Meanwhile, women think they know more [00:51] about personal finance than their husbands. Or guys [00:54] just claim the opposite is true. Roughly [00:58] half of the men and women surveyed said, they're in [01:00] charge of bill paying and planning, and they're pretty [01:03] dismissive of their spouses roles. [ MUSIC ] Men and [01:07] women can't even agree on who worries more about [01:09] money. Well, it's clear that both husbands and wives [01:12] obsess a bit about their finances. They're both twice as [01:15] likely to say they worry more about money than their [01:17] partner. The [01:22] topic of who worries more gets especially interesting [01:24] when women earn as much or more than there [01:27] husbands. When women earn the same or more their [01:29] are some big disparities in terms of who thinks they [01:33] best handle things like investing, and retirement [01:36] planning. Still, women have very good reason [01:40] to want to more than their husbands, like when [01:42] financial disagreements arise. And there's a great [01:46] reason for all of us to want to be on equal footing with [01:49] spouses. Couples who earn about the same, have the [01:51] best sex. 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