After a breakup, the last thing you likely want to do is cut your ex off cold turkey—even if you know it’s in your best interest. You want something, anything, to hold on to, to comfort you through your grief.

And so, though you might put physical space between you two, you cling to your past memories, reread old messages, stare at your photos…metaphorically forming cobwebs in your own mind. Or, as experts call it, cobwebbing.

And then you wonder why you can’t move on.

What Is Cobwebbing?

Essentially, cobwebbing in dating means getting rid of anything that ties you to your ex. This might include old photos together, gifts they bought you, or their clothing items.

You know when you clean out your closet after putting it off for weeks, and you notice a shit ton of cobwebs? Yeah, the sam

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