grahamg
Old codger
- Location
- South of Manchester, UK
On the thread concerning our stating good or nice things about our exes, someone enquired why I'm not with the lady I described by picking out the most positive points about my own ex., (of forty four years, so that's some memory given most probably don't wish to think of their exes once they've gotten over the split!).
Right, I'll go first again, as its my thread, (no it isn't, its everyone's who wants to make a reasonably balanced assessment of what was wrong with the man or woman we once thought were spend the rest of our lives with, making us all poor judges of character I'd suggest, at one time!).
My ex was manipulative, many said spoilt as a child, (including her own mother), often haughty, a bit of a cleaning fanatic, drove a car as though she was on a racetrack or driving a fairground dodgem car, (if you know what one of those might be?), scaring the wits out a me, wouldn't use the public toilets available in France in the 1980s, so we had to drive around until eventually finding a suitable field, and finally she was ruthless in pursuit of her own interests!
That's enough negatives for now, though if pressed you may encourage me to say more, (why didn't I spot any of this before we married you may ask, simple answer "I was an idiot" and ignored warnings from all and sundry!).
If you can avoid being too negatives here, (and hopefully no one will upset themselves too much, or reveal things better left in the past, this s!ightly dodgy, or edgy thread may not cause too much mayhem, and whatever negatives I've mentioned above my ex was admired as a parent by my parents, so not all bad obviously, (better gone though!).
Right, I'll go first again, as its my thread, (no it isn't, its everyone's who wants to make a reasonably balanced assessment of what was wrong with the man or woman we once thought were spend the rest of our lives with, making us all poor judges of character I'd suggest, at one time!).
My ex was manipulative, many said spoilt as a child, (including her own mother), often haughty, a bit of a cleaning fanatic, drove a car as though she was on a racetrack or driving a fairground dodgem car, (if you know what one of those might be?), scaring the wits out a me, wouldn't use the public toilets available in France in the 1980s, so we had to drive around until eventually finding a suitable field, and finally she was ruthless in pursuit of her own interests!
That's enough negatives for now, though if pressed you may encourage me to say more, (why didn't I spot any of this before we married you may ask, simple answer "I was an idiot" and ignored warnings from all and sundry!).
If you can avoid being too negatives here, (and hopefully no one will upset themselves too much, or reveal things better left in the past, this s!ightly dodgy, or edgy thread may not cause too much mayhem, and whatever negatives I've mentioned above my ex was admired as a parent by my parents, so not all bad obviously, (better gone though!).
