My Ex is Crazy
No, not mine. He lacks empathy and consideration for others (other than the singular person in his orbit at any given time in his life), but I’m not calling him crazy. Well, maybe. But I bet he’s desperately paint ing the picture that I am right now , just like his last two (only two) long-term girlfriends , who he moved in with as fast as possible and had or raised children alongside , were “crazy”. This blog post isn’t about those women, but I believe they both deserve a deep and humble apology. Because, knowing what I know now? I am pretty certain they’re not crazy either. Did I hear stories that made them sound unhinged? Yes. Threats, desperate behavior like throwing his belongings from their shared home on the lawn or destroying a dozen gifted roses in anger, fights that lodged children squarely in the middle… Did he tell me those stories to explain away what might have otherwise been perceive...