Exes.
What is the deal, really?
A friend called me two hours ago, her voice singing soprano and boiling my ear red ( think steaming hot lobster ) freaking out because she just saw her ex-boyfriend, apparently out on a date, with a new girl, just two days after they broke up.
I wanted to be the friend that i am, listen, dish out a bit of Oprah-ism, dry her tears and maybe kiss her a little (?), but i was so busy peeing in my pants at the thought of this weekend’s presentation, i just couldn’t find a time to fit her in!
And then, while lying in bed, still thinking of excuses to not present that stupid advertisement concept, my train of thoughts made an unschedule stop.
How would i have reacted?
Girls assumed that when we leave a man for an actor (acclaimed, please) or even a busboy , that man would not stop thinking about her, pin over her, singing an out of tune ‘You Were Meant For Me’ in Slippery Senorita (drunk, obviously), send ‘i’m sorry’ postcards, and will not fall in love ever again with another. We wish to see him all beaten and lost, mourning for his lost love.
Undignified.
That was a nice story, really, but i’ve never been single before. Just like my other ‘vagina’ mates, each time a relationship ends, i jump straight to another one. Rebound or not, it beats reading a book at coffee places, alone.
So men, they’re like us too. They date. They live again. The chances of you holding George Clooney’s penis is higher than you seeing your ex in mourning.
They had fun at the wake.
But if it was a nasty break up (infidelity, caught in the bed, snogging, fill in the blanks), then why can’t exes just die and be gone to the land of exes?
Why must they always pop out with a girl who look like she would happily sunbathe next to Miss Universe at their arms and stab at our already broken heart?
Ever wonder which is more grandeur? Miss World or Miss Universe? Why there’s even a need for this beauty pageant dichotomy?
You know, the adulterer always gets the chick.
There should be a rule, a law even. A restraining order. Men should skip country after a break up, be it mutual or otherwise, for the sake of peace.
Because let’s face it, men possesed the supreme ability to move on better than women. I’ve lost count on how many times i’m in a new relationship, yet i couldn’t help thinking who’s in bed with my ex, what position are they in, is she a 36DD, and who does his laundry now that i’ve been booted.
But then again, i think i know nuts about relationship. I’ve been with Arif for 8 years already.
(Disclaimer : the author started the dating game early, hence the experience.)