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Fri, 05-7-10 - 6:54am by missapril
Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Poison)
I was talking relationships the other day with my sister and realized I have been single for sometime. When you are single for a while you begin to look at your exes and they look real good. Sometimes you even dream about them. And in these dreams they are perfect.
For example Tom was never a pot head who graduated to junkie that drove his car too fast. Isaac wasn’t a Mama’s Boy obsessed with Alice and Wonderland books. Or Quinn was never an alcoholic with a shoplifting problem who liked barely legal girls. Dave was never the deadbeat who made me bankroll him when we were together and then stalked me after the breakup. Jim wasn’t a pathological liar and closed homosexual, and yes he did write that song for me. Those idiots from Snow Patrol stole it! Brian really did mean to tell me he was married. Donny wasn’t a clingy codependent who made a scene at my place of work when I asked him to slow things down. He just cared that much. The list goes on.
Bottom line people. It ends for a reason. They call them exes because you X them out of your life. On that note exes make lousy friends too.
Life is tough after a breakup. Especially when they play nasty. But that’s when you count your blessings that you aren’t still with them and really cash in if there are no kids involved. The funniest is when they bring a younger version of you to your old hangs and the new girl acts like she has something because she has him and you have nothing because you don’t. Then you realize he is balding and on psych meds, so nothing is better than that moron. And now he’s her problem, no throw backs baby.
On the flipside a bad relationship teaches you lessons about life and about yourself. It also points out a flaw in your makeup that you need to work on whether it is jealousy, codependency or settling for Mr. Good Enough. Sure you have your memories but the Russians have a saying, “Look back at the past and lose an eye.” So keep your sights on the future.
As for my man Bret Michaels, you spoke words of wisdom. Here’s to a speedy recovery