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Listen: Should You Text Your Ex?

A guide to dating realities during the pandemic

On this episode of Social Distance, staff writer Ashley Fetters joins Katherine Wells and James Hamblin to discuss her most recent article, “The Boomerang Exes of Quarantine.”

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What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.

Katherine Wells: Our question for you today is this: On a micro level, should you text your ex right now? And on a macro level, what is happening to feelings and relationships in this strange time?

James Hamblin: Ashley, what is happening to feelings?

Ashley Fetters: I’m glad you asked, because right now that seems to be my entire beat.

Let’s tackle that first question—is it okay

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