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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 2004)
page bout it, incren said. 1 no in the Ns Studjj 4 4s if breaking up isn’t hard enough, post-relationship relations are the real ex-factor He, hij students; Ns, Nyt increase; Dr. Gate tsaid. tade a ron’tbe iversity dream oi 'Nyesas that stu 1 dream: does is vet) 'aditionn Mthroiic her page! Ibeptw itfonm ng teonr* Aggielife The Battalion Page 3 • Monday, March 29, 2004 Ex-rated relationships By Eric Edwards KRT CAMPUS Mi bst people have an ex or two. Some have dozens. There is the ex we never nt to see again, the one who makes shudder with revulsion and swear to urselves that we will never again 3use mind-altering substances. There is the one you think of when ou catch a scent of her while you are alking through a crowded mall. And there is the one who is your Idy. She calls, she chats, she wants )know what’s going on. She wants to eepyou in her life because for some tason she likes you even when you ren’t dating her. All the exes have their places. They take great horror stories, learning xperiences and funny anecdotes U,, I ve never had a girlfriend who didn't think my most recent ex was a hideous, perverted troll, lucky to not be institutionalized... — Eric Edwards Orlando Sentinel columnist e.,the time you thought you ran over one’s hamster until you learned he didn't have a hamster but that the neighbors kept a Chihuahua. Oops. But of all the kinds of exes in the world, there is one no one can stand. Those, of course, are other people's exes — more specifically, the mes belonging to our current girlfriends and boyfriends. There is nothing amusing or entertaining about these people. They vould be best left back in homeroom or on the team bus or on that irst job where they belong. It's for sure they aren't doing much good round here. Except for a few I can't stand, I like most of my ex-girlfriends ithough 1 don't have much of a relationship with any of them. We chat in the phone from time to time, I might get a card around Christmas, ndone will even call me from time to time to solicit my consultation _> n work-related issues. I haven't started billing her yet, but that might I d° an^ct be a bad idea. While 1 go for long stretches without ever contemplating my exes or beir whereabouts, I am getting the feeling that I mention them about i,000 times too often for my present girlfriend. That is to say 1 forgot the golden rule of exes: It may take fish three lays to go bad, but it takes only about three minutes before your current lirlfriend is sickened by the thought of your ex-girlfriend. 1 should know better. Pam seems to have the whole thing figured out. If it weren't for my inquisitive nature, I might think I'm the first person she has ever dated. And formany people that bit of self-deception is worth a mountain of Courtesy of • KRT CAMPUS Ifs all fun and games in a relationship until one partner decides to move on. their own in a game of new loves, broken hearts and avoidance at all costs. contentment. But other people's exes shouldn't annoy us so much. They should be viewed as worn-out videos that our significant others once liked to watch but are now completely bored with. Meanwhile, we are as shiny and golden and interesting as a brand-new Oscar-winning movie. Few people seem to have that sort of healthy attitude about other people's exes. I've never had a girlfriend who didn't think my most recent ex was a hideous, perverted troll, lucky not to be institutionalized From there, each person, formally known as a boyfriend or girlfriend is on for her bad taste in clothing. And although I talk a good game, there was never an ex-boyfriend out there whom I did not look upon as though he would be fortunate to lick my boot heels. • Our mothers might have raised us to say nothing if we can't find any thing nice to say about someone, but when it comes to exes, the rule is: If you can't find anything profoundly nasty to say about an ex, you're just not trying hard enough. • stud® 5 >ne t® Domplf major card® o mod i resent' state t' rwards- 5 o askr 1 it p) i )stas#| rg it ( visions 5 emoctf: d ti Melrose Student Suites are currently seeking energetic, adventurous student leaders to be guides in developing active communities. Our are live-in student staff responsible for developing co 0 ivisioi% ildin^ attain. gfjlilUl.f”' /.Fat ■asinr'i id# marketing Melrose Student Suites Go to www.melrose.com for an application!! Pfssse return apptkstims t&t felrose College Station Luther St. West Station, TX 17840 Due April 7th Tina Kuo Director of Resident & Community Relations 919480-3830 NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT OR RENTALOF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES CONTEST RUNS FROM MARCH 1 - APRIL 30. & Camden. 5 Living Excellence t