{"id":4248,"date":"2016-06-10T22:11:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/10\/what-i-learned-from-a-snapchat-affair-with-an-old-flame\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T22:11:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:11:33","slug":"what-i-learned-from-a-snapchat-affair-with-an-old-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/10\/what-i-learned-from-a-snapchat-affair-with-an-old-flame\/","title":{"rendered":"What I learned from a &#8216;Snapchat affair&#8217; with an old flame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f111975%2fsnapchat-affair\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/4QJtn-nam1y7q2Zx91litHcVvFc=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F111975%2FSnapchat-Affair.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=What+I+learned+from+a+%E2%80%98Snapchat+affair%E2%80%99+with+an+old+flame&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F10%2Flessons-from-snapchat-affair-with-old-flame%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F10%2Flessons-from-snapchat-affair-with-old-flame%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">After breaking up over four years ago, I recently began Snapchatting my ex-boyfriend, Matt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite living mere subway stops apart for the past year, I hadn\u2019t seen him in almost three years; that last time, we slept together.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/29\/snapchat-features-we-wish-existed\/\">10 Snapchat features we wish existed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But with so much time passed, \u201csnapping\u201d Matt felt harmless. After all, he was my \u201cfirst love\u201d \u2014 first everything, really \u2014 so totally losing him from my life always felt a little unnecessary and empty. We\u2019d been such compatible friends\u2014why should that end?<\/p>\n<p>Through Snapchat, it was fun to see snippets of his life\u2014 his attempts at home-cooking, office pups and neighborhood art \u2014 and to share flashes of mine. 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Despite living mere subway stops apart for the past year, I hadn\u2019t seen him in almost three years; that last time, we slept together. 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