Don't Text Your Ex Happy Birthday: And Other Advice on Love, Sex, and Dating

by Nick Viall

It really had nothing to do with their birthday, I realize now—I just wanted to be a part of their day, because I wanted to be a part of their life, you know, and I wanted them to be a part of mine.

Even if you told each other that it was mutual, you know they still made a choice to not have you in their life, instead of continuing to grow together.