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“You’re a X. I’m an O, but there is no Love”
The letter “X” is the 24th letter in the alphabet. But your “Ex” is the certain someone who is hard to get rid of.
When two people are dating, they are considered boyfriend and girlfriend or boyfriends or girlfriends (whatever your relationship status may be). You find yourself loving that significant other or doing things that you normally wouldn’t do.
But when that relationship interval ends, you two break up, which now gives you the title of the “ex.” And if the relationship was great, no one really wants to become that “ex.”
Ex’s are out there in the world and are always trying to become the un-ex. Their main attribute is to find out what he or she did wrong and get a “do-over.”
Let’s say you’re in a relationship and things are going well with you and your partner. If your current man or woman isn’t your first relationship ever, you have an ex. And believe me or not, that ex knows about your current happiness and wants to destroy it.
There are three different types of exes:
(1) The CRAZYEX
The crazy ex is that person who wants you back so bad that they will try any tactic to do so. If that means stalking you or calling a family member or friend that they were once cool with before you all broke up, they will do so. Their main tactic is to sabotage your current relationship by picking fights with your partner.
I have a friend named Sean who was in a little confrontation with his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. The guy is still in love with his ex that he called her mother and lashed out at my friend calling him names and preparing to fight with him when he saw him.
Reminiscing is another attribute of a crazy ex. They will always ask you:
What does he/she have that I don’t? Can he/she put it down in the bed like me? Do you even love him/her?
(2) The WORRISOME EX
Now the worrisome ex is that person who messed up in the relationship and really wants to rekindle what you all had. You’ll hear a lot of “Baby, I’m sorry” and “I won’t do it anymore.”
(3) The EX-THAT-SHOULDN’T-HAVE-BECAME-AN-EX
This ex will have you wishing you never broke up with that person. People make mistakes and your mistake was saying “we need a break” or “It’s not you, but me.”
I have an EX-THAT-SHOULDN’T-HAVE-BECAME-ONE. And she was everything to me but I messed that up. I ran when I discovered her flaws and seeing her with someone else really bothered me. But I did what every person should whenever they have an ex:
DELETE THE NUMBER!
Deleting your ex’s number is a stepping stone to moving on. If you have an ex, no matter if the break up was mutual or disastrous, get rid of their number. There is no reason for you to have an ex’s phone number still saved in your directory. That doesn’t do anything but cause trouble with you and your current partner when he/she sees your ex’s number in your phone or pictures or messages in the inbox.
THE BOTTOM LINE
When you think of the letter “X,” you think of “no,” “do not,” or “wrong.” In grade school, when an answer was incorrect your teacher marked it out with a “X.”
“X” symbolizes the part of the something that is wrong for you or anything, which is why an “Ex” is an “Ex.” That person wasn’t good for you or you weren’t good for that person. However, you two weren’t meant to be.
But can an “Ex” ever become the “Next?”
