Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend - Northbound

My theory is that while waiting for the bus we bonded over being inappropriately dressed for the sudden drop in temperature. But to tell the truth, I don’t know what sparked my co-rider’s desire to tell me all about her ex-boyfriend and how he had recently started calling her again even though they had broken up a year ago, when she decided to go abroad. Her story was rather lengthy, as relationship stories usually are, but I kept getting the feeling she was leaving out some important elements…it didn’t quite add up – then again, relationships usually don’t.

My only advice came directly from the mouth of my mother, “You broke up for a reason…it’ll only happen again.”

Keep in mind, this was a smart girl – a law student, but one particular line that she seemed to think was soooo funny, kinda gave me the chills. She said that when the X and she decided to call it quits (who really knows who decided what?), she told all their friends he “must be mentally insane" to not want to date her. She cackled and repeated it a few times.

I guess that's funny...

But after seeing CNN this morning, I don't think her comment should be taken too lightly. Among the lead stories was "Nurse gets even, has ex committed, cop says”. Apparently, a nurse had cops go to her ex-boyfriend’s place of work, where they arrested him and brought him to a psychiatric hospital. After an hour of evaluation, he was deemed NOT insane, released, and the nurse was arrested. What’s more, this isn’t the first time she’s done this!

My mother’s also fond of saying: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”