Should you always unfollow your ex after a breakup? interview with Mashable

BY RACHEL THOMPSON

LONDON — I could feel the dread welling inside me as I scrolled through my Facebook feed. I knew I’d see his name; I knew the effect it would have on me, but somehow I couldn’t tear myself away.

“Unfollow him,” people had said to me at the time of our breakup. “Just delete him — it’s kinder on yourself,” they said.

But, I wasn’t convinced it was kinder.

I knew that if I remained friends with an ex on Facebook, if I kept following him […]