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April 17, 2026

 

ASK TEFI

‘He Tried Winning Me Back After Our Breakup — While Being With Someone Else. Should I Try Again?’ What if I told you he may have already fulfilled his purpose in your life? Because you deserve a better love story than this.

By Tefi Pessoa

Animation: The Cut, Getty

Hey, Tefi,

I am a 31-year-old woman who just left a two-year relationship. I decided to break things off because he needed to grow and heal. We both came to an agreement that we would do that, and a month later we tried to make it work again (my mistake). During our separation, my ex was texting me almost every day, showing up at my house with presents, telling me he missed me, tried to plan a trip to Puerto Rico later in the summer, sent me photos from our relationship. The whole shebang. 

All the while he was having unprotected sex with another! Multiple times a week. He confessed this to me last week. I tried to come together to have an honest, forthright, and mature conversation to understand; I mean, he was single, but the whole thing is loaded. 

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