Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry bothers me immensely. It's so vindictive. So unwilling to let things go, in a very, very unhealthy way..
A few weeks after my ex-girlfriend moved out (this was years ago), I noticed she'd taken my cologne with her. Weird, I know.
Ex-Boyfriend Jewelery is that kind of weird.
metablog
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This is going to be quite entertaining, in the same way that I occasionally
enjoy a stop at Robert Stacy McCain's place or the Corner followed by a chat
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23 minutes ago
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I actually think it's kinda funny. What the hell else are you gonna do with the ring some dickwad whom you never want to see or hear from ever again got for you? Sell it, of course. And hell, if you can complain about what a poor victim you were to the anonymous public yet again in the process, so much the better, right?
I see the value and the humor, but for me it's about effecting a change in symbolism: You give someone a gift, things go wrong, and suddenly that gift - bought with good intentions and worn with happiness - is totally recontextualized as a symbol of a bad relationship.
I gave an old girlfriend a pearl necklace - it wasn't expensive or all that unique, but I liked giving it to her, and she liked wearing it. Things went wrong, as they will. I doubt she wears it or even owns it now, but still, it would kind of sadden me to see someone else wearing that necklace.
I guess I'd prefer that things like that get tossed out the window of a fast-moving car. That's what I usually do with stuff that gives me bad memories: consign them to the elements.
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