It always bugged the crap out of me how imprecise our language is for the relationships that commonly exist today. There was never a good term for “guy you commit to and have kids with while never getting married.” So really, I shouldn’t be surprised that there’s no good term for that same relationship once it’s over.

Ex-boyfriend sounds trivial. Ex-husband has the proper gravitas, but it’s just not accurate.

I think I’ll have to stick with “ex.”

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