There's something to be said about exes. They are a sticky area for even the most solid couples. I'm not denying the fact that there were women before me, but being reminded that they exist isn't your most warm and cozy feeling.
I suppose that is my comfort, my knowing that the knee-jerk reaction of defensive major wasn't uncalled for when a friend forwarded the dreaded MySpace link of a former flame of Aaron's to his Facebook. It's dreadfully cliche, but that's why it's so cliche: it happens! I begrudgingly gave him his space to travel back through time, all the while not allowing him to forget MY presence in the other room, animatedly enjoying a Pink Floyd rockumentary.
It was the exclamation that came from the other room, the one I will edit for, well, just to be kind, but something along the lines of "I can't believe it's not butter!" well, yeah that...those were the words that let me know that I'd come along this journey down the path of Aaron's Exes unscathed. Phew. Because I know the stories, and they ain't pretty!
But really, why do we get so defensive at the thought of an ex? Even in the simplest, most innocent of ways; the ones, too, that come to us in the form of an inside joke--the true meaning sometimes is marred by a defensive attack by a third party and can be ruined of it's original intent.
I'm just glad I have the confidence that even had the ex turned out to be (insert scream from Psycho shower scene) the long-lost twin of Dita Von Teese my husband would still love only me. And I am pretty confident that I don't have any Dave Navarro exes out there, or anyone like Robert Downey, Jr., so Aaron's safe, too.
Yeah, it's one of those Myspace/Facebook forwards, but I decided to do it here as an exercise to help alleviate my writer's block. Yep, my creativity has gone on hiatus, only rearing its funny little head during inopportune times when I am without a means to record thoughts. So...in order to overcome this uphill battle with my malfunctuning brain, I offer to you this list of 25 things that aren't everyday common knowledge about me!
Enjoy :)
1. I'm a writer who suffers from chronic distraction from train of thought.
2. I spend days behind my desk reading celebrity gossip and trying to look busy.
3. I don't like milk.
4. I do like rice milk.
5. I didn't have chicken pox until I was in 7th grade. It was embarrassing.
6. I still have beside my bed Jerry the stuffed gray mouse I got when Target was still called Ayr-Way.
7. I used to pretend I was Laura Ingalls.
8. If I'd lived in the hippy generation, I'd have bummed a ride to San Francisco.
9. I've never seen an ocean.
10. I am seriously contemplating uprooting my entire family and lifestyle for a change of scenery.
11. I still haven't figured out what I want to do with my life.
12. I am a vegetarian, but I sometimes sneak a bite of meat. And I do eat Campo's Taco's chicken tacos...
13. I have served food to 2 local television celebrities: Bob Gregory and Gerry Dick.
14. I won a coloring contest when I was in 2nd grade.
15. I can change a tire; I just choose to play helpless.
16. I have taken lessons for violin, keyboard/piano, and flute.
17. Legend has it that I have a great, great uncle who was a personal assistant for Queen Victoria.
18. I took a class on The Beatles at Indiana University. Of course I got an A!
19. I remember numbers very easily.
20. I was driving a boat 4 years before I could legally drive a car.
21. I need trees in order to feel calm.
22. I played Auntie Em in an elementary school play.
23. I could eat Indian food every day for the rest of my life.
24. I make a kick-ass jalapeno popper spring roll.
25. I will never turn down a glass of chianti.
