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Photo by Kelly Sikkema<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>a person holding a paper heart in front of a fireThe Science Spectrum<\/p>\nThe two of you bonded there over butterflies on your second date. Now, you’re awkwardly pretending to be fascinated by rock candy in the gift shop.<\/p>\n
The Tortilla Area At United<\/p>\n
Nothing says, “I’ve moved on,” like them snatching the last bag of your favorite corn tortillas right in front of you.<\/p>\n
Target<\/p>\n
Walking in for toothpaste. Left with throw pillows, a new back massager, and a whole bunch of emotional damage.<\/p>\n
The Airport<\/p>\n
You both only fly once a year, and somehow, you’ve both picked the same day…and destination. Have fun bumping into eachother at the amusement park, too.<\/p>\n
But, honestly, after years of careful observation, I’ve figured out the real answer.<\/p>\n The most Lubbock place to run into your ex is…anywhere.<\/p>\n The stoplight. The grocery store. A kid’s birthday party. The dentist’s office\u00a0immediately after losing a cap on your front tooth…and just before they call you back to fix it.<\/p>\n The bright side is that they probably spotted you at the exact same moment and thought, “Oh lord, here we go again…”<\/p>\n Keep scrolling for more silly Lubbock fun in the galleries below…<\/p>\n 7 Things Worse Than Being Featured on Lubbock County Mugshots<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n 7 Ways to Enjoy Summer in Lubbock When You’re Broke AF<\/p>\n Just a couple of suggestions. FYI, some might get you arrested…<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are certain things you can always count on in Lubbock: The wind will terrorize you, the heat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-351561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"text\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo-1587994938582-8fa97900d2e4.jpeg\")
Photo by Samuel Ryde<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>textIt’s Going To Happen<\/p>\n