Do you slag off your exes?

I've often wondered this myself. It's the punchy one-liners.

That never seems to work out for me, but I don't have anything against any of them. I dated them because they were cool guys, though some were assholes at the end. In retrospect, I understand the endings better, so I don't really have negative things to say, other than wishing things had worked out differently in some cases.

I thought exes did take an e in the plural, N.

The latter, for me. There was a period in my dating life when I glommed onto anyone who'd fuck me. I learned better. That's what people mean when they talk about the morons and assholes. It means they're beginning to figure out that sex isn't the end-all be-all.

and this side will seem spectacular weird/ugly when the old love goggles slip off.

also a lot of people get bitter, because it helps heal the wounds.

but i dont think i ever slag exs off apart from in the heat of post break up months. but i can find myself describing them in a detached way which may seem to be throwing them into a dark light. but that is just the way i describe everyone. especially my family.

on the plus side, if there's resentment between ma and an ex, i find it can help to make a clean break. sounds horrible, but it's true! you see them less, you move on to someone else quicker!

h, i'm whatever you want me to be.

I think people do this alot. It's a bit like the way on I Love 1994 people say "what was I thinking" about 2 Unlimited or something.

do boys really get impressed by girls slagging off their ex-boys? I'd just think "bloody hell, don't want to go out with her imagine if we ever split up!". Just as well girls seldom have to resort to impressing me really.

and erm of course i'm a firm believer in ever lasting relationships so the thought of splitting up would never cross my mind, much like the thought of sarcasm.

i think that metaphor just suceeded in muddying the water again.

especially the ones who i did not connect with at all.

* Simultaneously scratches single testicle *

quote some horrific/hilarious example of their behaviour I always wonder why they went out with them in the first place

well cos when you first hook up with someone they pretend to be a lot more palatable than they really are. then you wake up to the fact that they don't have a personality (despite the fact that nobody does, and we're all a bit foolish to believe in such things as "personality" to begin with). you know, it all comes down to humans being a bit thick. slagging off exes allows one, for a moment, to feel that long periods of devotion to a dipshit haven't been an entire waste: you have the enjoyment of being able to laugh at them and pretend that they aren't doing exactly the same thing to you. to be honest, theres only a select few people that i don't slag off. ever.

(But hell, sometimes, with certain of them, it's just too easy...)

i guess there must be people who have exes they still like as people, and are friends with, but we never hear from them! also, it's weird that despite the fact that most of the people here are of above average intelligence, their choices of mate may not reflect this!

so, is there a correlation? book-learnin = lovers-spurnin!

more fool you for going out with them.

this, essentially, is why I avoid slagging off exes.

apart from THAT BITCH who destroyed my life, wrecked my car, sold all my records, and invited ARE Weapons to stay in my flat.

As for the three serious girlfriends since (I was with each for 2-4 months), I have nothing but good things to say about them, and I value the memories of our relationships.

I think I usually end up whining about how it was my fault things went pearshaped, not the guy's. I'm silly like that.

Wonderful people, exes

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