So what the “fuckinomicron”?
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Weirdos.
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And, of course, some have naught but vengeance on their minds.
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Slay works just as well, both figuratively and literally.
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They already are depressing… there just isn’t a collection of the stats, unfortunately.
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Sure, if you’ve got ham to trade.
Some of these have hints of good advice floating around, but the premise is so fundamentally flawed that it won’t help. If you were left based on perceived flaws on your side of the relationship, it’s a good thing to learn to be emotionally (and physically) independent and happy with or without your ex. It’s a good thing to analyse your relationship and see what your ex was looking for and didn’t get - maybe you can avoid that in the future. It’s a good thing to work on confidence and get rid of neediness from your own life and relationships. Insecurity and codependency are particularly looked down on in men, aside from being negative qualities in anyone - and he’s right to address those who react to a split by displaying them. In fact, I don’t think it’s even a bad thing to have an article with this title that meets people where they are rather than mocking them for feeling a sense of loss.
The whole thing just looks like an act though - if you’re a better person than the new guy and are happy with or without your ex, why must you have her back and assert that you are better than him (at least to yourself)? Why not just move on - as the better guy you’re in a good position to find someone new, right? If you can acknowledge that you neglected the relationship in certain ways, work on making sure that doesn’t keep happening. This is just masking your insecurity with a veneer of self-improvement and confidence, and it’s a shame.
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Tangentially, it reminds me of something from a few years ago. I was sitting in a nearly empty tramway, and a few seats away, facing me, was a woman who was reading a Discworld novel (The Truth, if memory serves). I really wanted to show her my appreciation of her choice of reading, but I didn’t want to creep her out, nor disturb her enjoyment of such a fine piece of literature. So I decided to throw a remark in passing if she dropped before I did, or if I dropped first. Unfortunately, we dropped at the same station, so I didn’t dare.
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