yr fucking exes' mixes

I didn't really bother.

"teaching" doesn't work anyway. If they don't care what they listen to, why should you?

Yeah, but it's cool if music's something you can share. But then, I've been fairly lucky in being with people who have had good taste.

all of my exes were all hippie bitches, most of the tapes consisted of grateful dead songs. sometimes the same grateful dead song two or three times on the same tape. I once had a tape with 3 different live versions of "St. Stephens" on it. Stupid bitches. Of course most of my tapes to them had Toad the Wet Sprocket on them so I suppose it was an even trade off.

I have a tape that an ex made me, and I still listen to it a lot, because to this day it's still the best mix tape anyone's ever made for me.

I only have one mix tape made by an ex, I don't listen to it but I've since bought most of the songs I liked so I do listen to the songs from it. Some songs it took me a while to be able to listen to without feeling horribly depressed, though! It was a good tape though, had Slint, Arab Strap, GYBE, T-Rex, VU on it from what I remember. I have wondered if she ever listens or listened to the tape I made her after we broke up, she used to have it in her car stereo while we were going out. Lost touch with her about 3 years ago though.

I'm pretty much always the dumpee, it seems, so I've not really been in the exact same situation as the question asks about, but I always keep mixtapes made by exes. Though I guess most of the exes who ever bothered to make me them are still friends - two of them are actually in the process of making me new ones. When there are bad/sad memories attached to certain songs it can be hard, especially if listening in isolation, but it depends on the condition of the break-up.

If a current girlfriend/boyfriend minds you making a mix for an old one, then you have some issues to sort out regarding your relationship with either the new partner or the ex - if you're solely friends then jealousy should be irrelevant.