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Topic: How much is too much?
quarrrylife's photo
Sat 12/08/07 09:13 PM
I agree , there should be no reason to talk or hear about an ex !

bgeorge's photo
Sat 12/08/07 09:15 PM

My opinion is you shouldn't talk about your ex at all with your significant other. They don't want to hear about it.

absolutely...they're an ex for a reason...i always walk away and never look, think or speak back...i realized that when i was 16...never look back

Jess642's photo
Sat 12/08/07 09:17 PM
Michele....by who's rules?


We all have a past and when we have children, short of adopting them whilst single, there's is always an ex.

Your best friend understands that, and expects it, and if you have to censor what you are thinking, or wish to discuss, then hmmmm... not such a great best friend.

It goes both ways, open, and supportive, what ever it takes.

willy_cents's photo
Sat 12/08/07 09:27 PM
disclaimer: speaking only from my personal opinion, and applied to no one in particular.

When i am around someone, male or female, "venting" about their ex, I invariably end up using it as a judgement of their personality and outlook on themselves. If it comes off like they are all good and the ex is all bad, I run like h*ll because I know that all relationships that fail do so because there is significant fault on both sides. As a guy, if the female in the relationship talks very much about the ex...it is a hint to me that she is not "over" the relationship yet, and I get out because I will not be the substitute for her ex

stevenpwis's photo
Sat 12/08/07 09:51 PM
exactly willy, that's sort of what i wanted to get at

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Sun 12/09/07 04:04 AM

There is no such thing as a perfect break up. I know lots of us here are divorced or no longer with the other parent of our children.

How much venting about your ex to your significant other is too much? I know I get totally frustrated with/about my ex and do vent about it...probably too much. So, how much is acceptable to vent about or accept as the person vented to? Hourly? Daily? Weekly?

What do you do about it when it gets to be too much? On the giving or receiving end. What are YOUR thoughts???

flowerforyou M


(I think) A rule of thumb for us pickup artists is that we should never say anything about our ex girlfriends unless it's a good thing. Talking sh!t about your exes is a sign of insecurity, which happens to be an unattractive attribute if you're a man. Now, if you're a chick... hell I dunno, I personally know that it would bug the hell out of me if she mentioned her exes too much. If she said something good about them, I might feel threatened because MAYBE I don't measure up to them (which I know aint true :wink: )

Fade2Black's photo
Sun 12/09/07 07:52 AM

I wish I could forgive...but my children haven't spent one night at my home in 7 months....a court battle rages...she's turned them against me & they are only 12 & 14...I often cry myself to sleep...such is life...


Wow .. that's horrible. Children need their father's as much as their moms. Unless it's an unsafe situation, that's totally unacceptable to keep them from you.

She does it to hurt YOU, but it hurts your children the most, and down the line it will hurt her. Bad karma's a b*tch.

Rick1980's photo
Sun 12/09/07 09:58 PM

There is no such thing as a perfect break up. I know lots of us here are divorced or no longer with the other parent of our children.

How much venting about your ex to your significant other is too much? I know I get totally frustrated with/about my ex and do vent about it...probably too much. So, how much is acceptable to vent about or accept as the person vented to? Hourly? Daily? Weekly?

What do you do about it when it gets to be too much? On the giving or receiving end. What are YOUR thoughts???

flowerforyou M



If you have to ask it's to much...

Rick1980's photo
Sun 12/09/07 10:01 PM

I wish I could forgive...but my children haven't spent one night at my home in 7 months....a court battle rages...she's turned them against me & they are only 12 & 14...I often cry myself to sleep...such is life...


I feel for you man.. Good luck and remember dad's have rights too.

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Sun 12/09/07 10:21 PM
you dont need to cry your self to sleep, sur you miss your kids, an you love them , so maybe there mom not helping out by filling there heads with junk, but you know what you know the truth, that your a good man, a great dad, your a better person than what there mom is , those kids are going to need you so pick yourself up, get those tears out of your eyes an off your cheeks, your day is comeing you will see , ok

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Sun 12/09/07 10:26 PM
your dand straight dads have rights and we tired of some woman who thinks they can have our kids than mop the floor with us, i say to those woman you want to treat us like that i got news for you all you hurt is the kids, an maybe someday when there grown they will turn it around on you.

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