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Hosted by Mel
In life,
everyone inevitably goes through several relationships before
settling down. And of course, break-ups always occur. Sometimes
they are mutual, sometimes they come out of left field. Sometimes
you are the one doing the dumping, sometimes you are the one that
is dumped. As I get more into my relationship with my boyfriend
(over a year now!) I find myself thinking about my exes, and what
complete losers most of them were, although I did manage a few
good ones. I am only talking about my "real life"
boyfriends. Somehow, my few internet relationships don't stand out
in my mind. Sorry guys. LOL. I think everyone has this desire in
them to find the ones they left behind and let them know just how
good things are now. and so I give you this.
An Open Letter
To My Ex Boyfriends:
Hi, it's me. The girl that either broke your heart or had her
heart broken by you. I thought I'd write a letter to you all so
that you'll know something. I turned out just fine. I'm getting
older and I think of you all from time to time, but in the past
year, never have I wanted any of you back. Oh, I'm not saying
there haven't been times I've thought about trying to win back
your love, but those times were usually they happened right after
we had broken up, even if I was the one to leave.
Boyfriend #1,
you need to know something. I never really liked you. You were ok
to hang out with, you gave me my first kiss, and you made me feel
like I was pretty. But honestly, I never really liked you. You
came to me right after I had lost a lot of weight, and you were
the first guy to actually express interest in me. That's why I
went out with you. No other reason. Hey, it was high school. Oh,
and I did know that in 3rd grade you told the kids your head was
bitten by a shark. Believe me, I laughed about that for months.
Boyfriend #2,
you were the first guy to treat me like a complete lady. You were
so happy to be with me, and I actually did like you. Peer pressure
made me break up with you. You were the guy in class that was
always dumb as a post, and you would wear things that would make
you the butt of jokes. But you were sweet, and I have to thank you
for that. I chose you over another guy who had asked me out the
day before, and you knew that. You didn't know that I chose you
instead of him simply because you were taller. You cried when we
broke up, remember? It wasn't the first time I saw a guy cry, and
it certainly wouldn't be the last. but it's the time I'll never
forget. You tried for the rest of the year to get me back, then
when school started again, you started dating some skank. None of
your girlfriends after me ever compared, and you always knew that.
Boyfriend #3.
Good God, what were we thinking? We dated for all of 2 weeks and
had maybe 20 fights. I hear you're dating a really nice guy now.
Boyfriend
#4.You were my first taste of real love. I was closer to you than
I had been to any guy before. Do you remember how we talked and
talked into the night? I experienced so much with you, so much
that shaped me into the person I am now. You hurt me worse than I
hurt you when we broke up. But still I tried for almost 2 years to
get you back, even after you told me your secret. I probably
passed over some really great guys because of you. But we became
good friends afterwards, and I'm happy about that, even if now
we're not that close. Boyfriend #3 was seen making out with the
guy you really wanted back in high school. Is that a kick in the
pants or what?
Boyfriend #5,
I liked you so incredibly much. You made me feel little and
protected. You were the first guy that I had really flirted with
before I got. Do you remember the first time you kissed me? That
was probably the first really romantic moment of my life. It just
didn't work between us. We were on separate paths, and we both
knew it. Maybe one day we'll run into each other again and we can
pick up our friendship where it left off before it was decided by
others that we needed to be a couple. We were great friends at one
point, Initiate.
Boyfriend #6 - We made too many mistakes. Our relationship was a
fraud from the beginning. It started off with lies and continued
that way. You were possessive, obsessed with my every move. You
wanted me all to yourself, and that was at a time I needed to be
alone. I am sorry for the way I left you, though. I took the
coward's way out and just stopped returning your phone calls,
stopped coming over, and eventually blocked your number. You
didn't have a way to me, and I knew it. It just seemed impossible
to me that you could love someone you couldn't even see.
Boyfriend #7,
you were there for me in one of the worst times of my life. We
could have been really good friends if you had let us. But when,
on our second date, you chose to walk stark naked in front of me,
I knew things would never be that great. When my sister died, you
stayed by my side. Unfortunately you didn't want to give me more
than a month to grieve. You pushed sex on me. You whipped it out
any and every chance you got. You lied to me about your entire
life, and I knew it. The night you said you were in Boston, you
forgot to make your call anonymous. I knew you were calling from
the gas station you said you no longer worked at. When we broke
up, I was relieved. I went about my business, happy to be rid of
you. You came to see me 3 months after we broke up, remember? I
acted like I barely knew you. You never called or came by again.
That was fine. By the way, you are the charter member of the
Stinky Weiner Club. Thought you should know.
Boyfriend
#8.Were we really going out? You called yourself my boyfriend for
those couple of weeks, so I guess I can count you. We're still
friends now, and you gave me the greatest gift of all. my current
boyfriend.
Boyfriend
#10. I have to call you #10, because #9 is back with me. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry for everything. You were a good guy, and I hope
one day we can be friends again. I never meant to hurt you. But
then again, who means to hurt anyone? You were rebound, and really. shouldn't
you have known better?
So guys,
that's about it. I'm in a relationship now that has exceeded my
every expectation. All of you, your strengths, your weaknesses,
everything. you all helped me to know what it was I wanted. Now I
have it.
Love.
I hope life is going ok for you all. Well, except Boyfriends #6
and 7. You two were just jerks, really.
With affection,
Mel
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