The Way It Never Was

This song reminds me of this on-and-off-again boyfriend I used to have who, whenever we would get back together, would tell me what a “great” relationship we had. And we didn’t, not at all! He was actually a self-centered asshole, and on some level I knew that. But it was just one of those weird sticky relationships that was hard to unstick (I did finally get unstuck). Yet another reason to keep WD-40 around the house!

I thought of him today because I met a guy who looked an awful lot like him, and he hit on me within five minutes, inviting himself over to my place tonight. (Never even mentioned that big gold wedding ring!) I blew him off, but I had to laugh because it was certainly something my ex would have done: