--- description: Instead of contacting your ex, send your texts to this spreadsheet instead title: Here's Where You Should Send Texts You Want to Send Your Ex image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You'll Never Feel Tempted to Text Your Ex Again Thanks to This Handy Spreadsheet by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2017 10:24 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2017 10:24 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") is the subtly brilliant creation of [Sean Drohan,](https://www.facebook.com/sean.drohan/posts/10154140235901402 "undefined") who made the spreadsheet on a lark, _Refinery 29_ [reported](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/02/140976/mystery-spreadsheet-texts-send-exes "undefined"). The anonymous [texts](http://time.com/4588908/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-texts/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). \[H/T [Refinery 29](http://www.refinery29.com/2017/02/140976/mystery-spreadsheet-texts-send-exes "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/"},"headline":"You'll Never Feel Tempted to Text Your Ex Again Thanks to This Handy Spreadsheet","datePublished":"2017-02-16T22:24:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:12.556Z","description":"Instead of contacting your ex, send your texts to this spreadsheet instead","url":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","relationships","Love"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/","name":"You'll Never Feel Tempted to Text Your Ex Again Thanks to This Handy Spreadsheet"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Love & Money: How Spouses Disagree","description":"Data Animation: A new national survey from MONEY shows a big financial gender gap between husbands and wives when it comes to finances.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FklMfQt0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-01T18:19:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FklMfQt0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/","duration":"PT2M4S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4673816/ex-text-spreadsheet/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```