39 of the most hilariously bad texts people have sent their exes

Nathan McAlone
Millennials texting phones girls single partyingAP Images/Mike Harrington

“Texts from your ex” is a wildly popular Instagram account that chronicles the bad texts we, as a society, send our former flames.

From drunken awkwardness to tragic pleading, this stream of (allegedly) real texts, sent in by fans, has snagged 1.8 million followers. It even has a book.

The account was founded by Elan Gale, one of the producers of TV show, “The Bachelor.” In some ways, this Instagram account is exactly like his show: we aren’t sure how much of it is “real,” but it captures something about humanity, and it’s definitely entertaining.

Read on for 39 of the best worst texts people have sent to their exes:

When you know, you know.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jun 17, 2015 at 11:00am PDT

The glimmer of hope.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Dec 29, 2015 at 12:37pm PST

Gotta have that new iOS to see the new emojis.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Nov 16, 2015 at 8:50am PST

This has happened to all of us.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:35am PDT

The icy touch of rationality.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Mar 6, 2016 at 3:39pm PST

Just asking questions.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 27, 2016 at 1:32pm PST

Rude.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 23, 2016 at 6:11pm PST

Well that took a turn.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 23, 2016 at 10:48am PST

Autocorrect got to the heart of the matter.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 20, 2016 at 10:18am PST

Crickets.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 16, 2016 at 10:20am PST

Just trying to make conversation.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 13, 2016 at 2:11pm PST

But really now, would you?

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 12, 2016 at 2:15pm PST

Bad idea.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 10, 2016 at 10:00pm PST

Look, you knew what I was saying.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 10, 2016 at 10:36am PST

A lot.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Feb 7, 2016 at 8:37pm PST

I see what you did there.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jan 29, 2016 at 6:11pm PST

Heat.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jan 18, 2016 at 10:30am PST

You should probably just turn off your phone at this point.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jan 8, 2016 at 10:33am PST

What keeps me up at night.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jan 4, 2016 at 1:23pm PST

I'm not crying, ok.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Dec 23, 2015 at 1:46pm PST

Yeah, about last night.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Dec 8, 2015 at 12:18pm PST

Tell me something I don't know.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Nov 25, 2015 at 4:40pm PST

Why can't we unsubscribe from people?

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Nov 8, 2015 at 5:38pm PST

Grammar police.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Oct 25, 2015 at 7:10am PDT

Paging Mark Zuckerberg.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Oct 8, 2015 at 11:00am PDT

Clever.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Oct 4, 2015 at 3:17pm PDT

Not even sure what's going on here.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Sep 22, 2015 at 5:26pm PDT

;)

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Sep 21, 2015 at 1:47pm PDT

OK, ok ... but do you?

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Sep 16, 2015 at 3:45pm PDT

More than a hint.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Aug 28, 2015 at 8:02pm PDT

No smiles zone.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Aug 24, 2015 at 12:44pm PDT

But wait ... then how can you ...

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Aug 13, 2015 at 4:05pm PDT

The face says it all.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jul 21, 2015 at 11:38am PDT

There's levels to this.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jul 20, 2015 at 6:18pm PDT

I can neither confirm nor deny.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jul 5, 2015 at 4:25pm PDT

'Ex-Charming.'

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jun 10, 2015 at 10:32am PDT

It was a good strategy.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on Jun 4, 2015 at 3:17pm PDT

Land of the free.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on May 24, 2015 at 4:21pm PDT

The boss is in the building.

(Instagram) A photo posted by Unspirational (@textsfromyourex) on May 11, 2015 at 11:21am PDT

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