Instagram shutterstock image (l) Woman caption ' thinking about the time i got broken up with so i made a tumblr with a hidden IP tracker, put it in myt instagram bio so i could silently watch him check in on me daily three years post breakup and fully engaged to another girl, kept it to myself for years then made a tiktok that blew up exposing him and now he hasn't clicked it since.' (r)

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'made a Tumblr specifically after my breakup just to see if this man even cared if I lived or died...'

On Mar 15, 2022 by Mikael Thalen

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