Future Sending Exes Texts

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Future Sending Exes Texts refers to a series of tweets pairing an image of rapper Future sending a text message with a caption a person might send to their ex-romantic partner on a holiday or crisis event. The format began spreading during Thanksgiving 2019 and surged again during the Christmas season that year. In 2020 the format became popular again during the Coronavirus Outbreak.

Origin

On November 28th, 2019, Twitter user @HPJart^[1] posted a picture of Future sending a text message captioned, ""happy thanksgiving. thank u for always being there even when i didnt give u any reason to be. u dont have to respond just want u to know that," gaining over 37,000 retweets and 142,000 likes (shown below).

Spread

The format gained far more popularity during the Christmas season of 2019. On December 24th, user @eazyyyel^[2] tweeted the picture with the caption, “I know you don’t fwm at the moment, but Merry Christmas. My lil cousins asked when they were going to see you again…crazy ain’t it lol. But I just wanted to see if you were good. Have a good day and tell everybody I said hey,” gaining over 150 retweets and 560 likes (shown below, left). The following day, user @Briggz_Kid^[3] tweeted “I saw a Paw Patrol commercial this morning and it made me think of lil man. Hope you was able to get him everything he wanted. You’re an amazing mother so I know you made it happen. Merry Christmas to you and tell lil man I said Merry Christmas,” gaining over 300 retweets and 500 likes (shown below, right). The meme was covered by the Daily Dot.^[4]

Coronavirus Outbreak

On March 5th, Twitter user @maybe_ofentse^[5] tweeted a photo of Future texting with the caption, "So I heard this new Corona Virus made the rounds and the niggah who got it is in self-isolation. Kinda reminds me of how I isolated myself from the world after losing you, because I couldn't live without you. Anyway, I hope you stay safe on these streets, text me back" (shown below, left). On March 13th, Twitter user @3AGdoggyworld^[6] made a similar post with the caption "This quarantine got me thinkin bout how I quarantined myself from your love and this virus has me feelin sick of the distance between us #QuarantineAndChill" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 130 likes in a day.