If you can't say anything nice...

[Elspode]

Going backward from most recent ex to least recent, giving first their positives, and then reasons for termination of relationship - Warning: this encompasses a pretty good stretch of years, and there were *lots* of other relationships, but these are the only ones I consider dead serious. Exes only, current wife not included.

1) Fabulously talented musician, intelligent, incredibly generous, hip, attractive, and sadly, deceased at far too young an age. We broke up due to lack of chemistry about four years before she passed on.
2) My first wife; amazingly beautiful as a young girl, laughed easily, loved me like there was no tomorrow, great in bed, adventurous in every way. Psychotically angry and hostile, argumentative, not all that intelligent.
3) Stunningly beautiful, almost painfully so, *big boobs*, outgoing, adventurous in that typically Catholic "oh, this sex thing is so cool, why'd I wait so long" kind of way, great family as well. Dumped me because we were so damn young and she wasn't ready to stay with her first lay.
4) Gorgeous, 70's hippy-esque, incredibly talented in many ways, especially musically; psychic linkage between us. Parents broke us up as she was a rich girl and I was a druggie scum; our paths diverged for a few years and we both married other people, but we are still best friends and musical partners to this day. I work for her husband and have known her for over 30 years.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I rolled over the kiss the last wife goodnight and she said "I can't have sex with you anymore. Frank doesn't want to share me." With my sparkling wit and razor sharp repartee I said "Frank? Who the fuck is Frank?" Now all this time I thought she was being ignorant. Thanks to Dave, I know I was.:p

[hot_pastrami]

I'll give it a go.... though I have only had a few meaningful relationships (meaning more than "just dating"). Actually, for years I was a shy as hell, so dates were few and far between. But one day about 2 years ago I figured some shit out, and I was a veritable swinger for about a year.

First girlfriend: cute, sweet, charming... at first. There was an undertow of psycho that was slow to surface. Example: she once got pissed off at me for days because I didn't send back a sandwich I'd ordered when it came with tomatoes on it (I'd asked for none). I opted to just pull them off, told her I didn't mind that much. She was PISSED. Wierd. There are a number of similar examples. Boob size = average.

Second: pretty and intelligent, but plagued with chronic indecision and HUGE men issues due to a very bad experience in her past. We broke up when she decided she was more interested in my roommate than in me. Then she dumped him because she wanted to get back together with me, but when I wasn't really interested in getting together again, she went after him again. Gah! Boob size = small.

Third: A cutie, but ditsy... and dangerous. Distance and lack of common interests really eroded on this relationship until it just sort of went away, like a rash. Boob size = large.

Fourth: Not really serious since we only went on about 4 dates, but I think it would have been if left uninterrupted. She was very pretty, quite intelligent, and very self-confident. And for some crazy reason she was as impressed as hell with me. I'd probably still be with her if I hadn't met #5... (oh, boob size = large)

Fifth: The woman I'm going to marry! Gorgeous, funny, intelligent, artistic... a woman more wonderful than I ever hoped to be with. She has everyting on my list of what I was looking for in a woman, and much more... and I love her to death. Oh, and we set a wedding date... August 23rd. Hot damn!

But I hold no grudges, I am good terms with all of the ex-girlfriends. I have issues with #2 becuase she kind of ripped my guts out and stomped on them, but I can't make myself hate her. Oh well.

[wolf]

Congratulations, HP!!