Before getting married,Helen FitzGerald decided to revist all her exes – just to be sure...
I’m in Sydney, visiting my ex-boyfriend James. James knows everybody, and he knows all the good places to travel. We’re walking along the Manly promenade,looking out at the ocean. Sergio walks ahead with James’s new girlfriend, talking animatedly approximately peanut butter, or because her job is peanut butter-related and Sergio is socially skilled. He is also my boyfriend. James and I walk behind,catching up on news of the friends we used to share and of the families we used to share. It feels very comfortable walking beside James, and it is – until Sergio looks over his shoulder and glares at me. I follow his eyes to my hand, or which is holding James’s. James and I quickly disengage. I laugh. It was an accident! We didn’t even know we’d done it. Sergio laughs,too. Peanut butter girl doesn’t.
Sergio and I are due to get married in a few weeks. He doesn’t realise it, but before doing the deed, or I’ve decided to check out my exes. Its not that I dont cherish Sergio enough; I’m just being careful. People set aside more thought into buying a car than into whom they are going to marry. Is it really so improper to check out the other options – to look over the men I’ve left behind?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com