One of my best friends text messaged me this tonight:
"I've been sitting here wanting to snack all night long, and keep telling myself an Erica quote- I've never regretted NOT eating."
I'm so glad I can help hungry people not eat. :)Hahahahaha.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
EGR
I was telling my boyfriend a story about a friend of mine who is dealing with what I like to call "Ex-Girlfriend Ridiculousness," which for the remainder of this post I will refer to as EGR. You know the story... Girl and Guy start dating. Girl and Guy are happy and such. Someone posts a picture of Girl and Guy on Facebook with some sort of caption, such as- "Awwww- aren't they cute?" And then it happens. EGR begins. The ex-girlfriend sees her old beau with new Girl and sees every last w in the "awwww" caption. Ex-girlfriend is pissed and begins her trek to ruin Girl and Guy's happy romance.
You know the story, because you've either been the crazy ex-girlfriend or you've been Girl. So as I told this tragic little story that we've all heard, my boyfriend says, "So what did you say to her?"
And I tell him, "Well I just told her that I think things with ex-girlfriends/boyfriends is a weird thing. Three different times in my life, I've been dating a guy and his ex-girlfriend hears/reads via good ol Facebook about me and her old lover boy and she comes storming in to ruin my perfect romance. All three times, the silly boys got confused by EGR and went back to them. But all three times, (and my voice got a bit smug at this point lol) the guy came back to me in the end..."
Ryan interrupted me to say, "What are you doing?!! You're setting her up for failure! Don't you remember your movie-- you can't tell her that-- YOU are the exception!!!"
I reminded Ryan that the movie actually says that I am the rule, NOT the exception. To which, my dear boyfriend said, "No, Erica- you ARE the exception!!"
This conversation made me smile for three reasons.
(1) It reminded me that my boyfriend went to the theatre to see "He's Just Not That Into You" with me after I already saw it with my friends, but because I wanted to be able to talk to him about it.
(2) He not only just saw the movie with me, but he paid attention and used its principles against me kind of lol.
(3) He called ME the exception. Now, I know he is my boyfriend, thus maybe not making him the most unbias opinion... but I don't care. I'm still smiling.
For all those ladies out there dealing with EGR-- whether as the ex or the current girlfriend-- I'm sorry, because EGR is no fun. No fun at all. But you know what is fun? I just realized EGR can be Ex-Girlfriend Ridiculousness... but it also could be Erica Gets Ryan lol. And that my friends, is what makes EGR worth the annoyingness... the excitement when you realize he chose you. Even amidst all of the professing of undying love and other EGR.
You know the story, because you've either been the crazy ex-girlfriend or you've been Girl. So as I told this tragic little story that we've all heard, my boyfriend says, "So what did you say to her?"
And I tell him, "Well I just told her that I think things with ex-girlfriends/boyfriends is a weird thing. Three different times in my life, I've been dating a guy and his ex-girlfriend hears/reads via good ol Facebook about me and her old lover boy and she comes storming in to ruin my perfect romance. All three times, the silly boys got confused by EGR and went back to them. But all three times, (and my voice got a bit smug at this point lol) the guy came back to me in the end..."
Ryan interrupted me to say, "What are you doing?!! You're setting her up for failure! Don't you remember your movie-- you can't tell her that-- YOU are the exception!!!"
I reminded Ryan that the movie actually says that I am the rule, NOT the exception. To which, my dear boyfriend said, "No, Erica- you ARE the exception!!"
This conversation made me smile for three reasons.
(1) It reminded me that my boyfriend went to the theatre to see "He's Just Not That Into You" with me after I already saw it with my friends, but because I wanted to be able to talk to him about it.
(2) He not only just saw the movie with me, but he paid attention and used its principles against me kind of lol.
(3) He called ME the exception. Now, I know he is my boyfriend, thus maybe not making him the most unbias opinion... but I don't care. I'm still smiling.
For all those ladies out there dealing with EGR-- whether as the ex or the current girlfriend-- I'm sorry, because EGR is no fun. No fun at all. But you know what is fun? I just realized EGR can be Ex-Girlfriend Ridiculousness... but it also could be Erica Gets Ryan lol. And that my friends, is what makes EGR worth the annoyingness... the excitement when you realize he chose you. Even amidst all of the professing of undying love and other EGR.
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