ex files

Neil Sedaka had it right when he said "breaking up is hard to do". Especially when it's breaking up AGAIN with the same person. Fool me once- shame on you. Fool me two, three, four times- I need to be put down. In my experiences, I've discovered that breakups can often cause what I like to call "Relationship Amnesia".

There is the relationship you can only remember the bad things about. You know there were good things at one point but the bad things stand out to you the most. This kind of ex makes you question your decision making abilities but also helps you to be immune to any sweet talking they may do post-breakup. You are fully aware of why this relationship didn't work out which allows you to find closure and move on at warp speed.

RA sometimes wipes all of your memory leaving you with only the knowledge that a relationship once existed with out any specific details. You know you cared about this person and you know that it didn't work out between the two of you but you can't really put your finger on why. This is the best (and most rare) form of RA because it allows you to accept that the relationship is over and gives you the potential for friendship with your ex.

Then there is the worst form of RA- the relationship you only remember the good things about. Because you can't you can't remember the reasons it didn't work out you are doomed to live in a vicious cycle of making up and breaking up. I call this the "Undead Relationship". You breakup, you cry, you get mad, and just when you think the relationship is dead, the fever sets in. The relationship slowly starts to come back to life.

Your ex will say things about missing you and wanting to try again and of course you'll believe them. What you don't know is that this is not the same relationship you were once in. It's a shell of a relationship that has lost all motor skills and is infected with the disease of all the problems that were ignored. This kind of relationship will continue to terrorize you until you accept the fact that this infected shell is not the relationship you once had. There is only one way to end the undead relationship...

BOOM. Head shot.

It's hard to do but if you don't put your gun to the head of the undead relationship it will eat you alive.