Curse of the EX

'My ex and I' 'Me and my ex' 'My ex used to' 'my ex my ex my ex my ex ex ex x x x'

I first came into conscious awareness of 'My Ex' a few years ago, it started off as a seemingly innocent mention of this entity; it related to the topic. Then as the conversation went on 'My Ex' seemed to have taken over the whole phone call, as I rolled my eyes I was told of how 'MY Ex' did things, it made me wonder just how often people mention 'My Ex' and if it was a conscious decision; and why they went out of their way to distance themselves from the actual person. I had heard my friends talk of 'my ex' I had heard people on the bus, people at uni, everyone seemed to have a 'My Ex' story they had to tell.

So while in a foreign city myself the effects of 'My Ex' came into full force when I couldn't have my favourite ice cream because 'My Ex" frequented the ice cream bar the ice cream I wanted was sold in. Pissed and still hungry I settled for McDonald's, after all I didn't want 'My Ex' to get the wrong idea; we were friends and apparently 'My Ex' was irrational wouldn't understand two people couldn't just be friends. AND it was a big ass city its not like 'My Ex' lived in the ice cream bar. This was the defining moment for my hate, how can this heffa stand in the way of my ice cream, for some idiot I wasn't even seeing. (Sorry idiot but you were probably; still are an idiot).

It was at this point I had realised, I couldn't be friends with someone who had the curse of the ex. Till I realised EVERYBODY and their Garddamn mamma had 'My Ex'

The point of this is that you lot need to stop talking about 'My Ex', say their name it might just make you all tad more interesting. One guy has a whole blog dedicated to his world 'My Ex'. I know that everyone moves on at different paces but even from friends that shit is shit to listen to. This forced distance created between you and your ex makes it appear as though you wish for your ex to be still in your life, not that there is anything wrong with it, but you sound like the people on Facebook that Facebook everything their kids do. Sometimes just enjoy the moments you had shared and don't objectify this person whose company you clearly enjoyed or loathed, and turn them into some autonomous figure. And don't let them become a curse, taking centre stage of your identity and your stories.

P.S- Sometimes its okay to talk about 'My ex' Just please don't be excessive with it, it makes everyone wonder what went wrong and if it was because of 'My Ex'.
-Mal
'5k to Couch'