Showing posts with label Exes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Trashing Your Ex Online

No one has ever gotten in trouble for talking sh*t about their ex, but if you write sh*t about your ex, well that's a different story. This week a man named Anthony Morelli, from Bucks County, PA was ordered to take down his blog because of the negative things he was saying about his ex wife.  The blog titled The Psycho Ex Wife--attracted 200K visitors per month and provided a forum for people to share stories about their PEWS (psycho ex wives). While he didn't mention his ex wife by name, he included biting comments about her appearance, personality and child rearing skills. See below for an excerpt.

She’s on the precipice of 40 and probably looks all 50-years of it. Imagine if you will, Jabba The Hut, with less personality. She spends her time ... drinking her days away bemoaning her victim status, when she isn’t stuffing the children with fast food, buying them toys, or pushing them towards the TV or computer.

While his primary defense is freedom of speech, this still feels like adult cyber-bullying, since he is not blogging anonymously. Plus he has two kids aged 8 and 10, who can clearly access the internet and read what he is saying. Can't he just get his issues out in a healthier forum--like a bar? What do you think? Is this guy a total a-hole or is it his constitutional right to use his blog to trash talk his ex?

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Text with the Ex

What's worse than regretting sex with the ex this Valentine's day? Regreting text with the ex. At least sex with the ex comes with some degree of gratification and you know your feelings are recipricated, for 3-5 minutes anyway.

A text to the ex on the other hand, can be unrequited. It can mention cupcakes and old college t-shirts. It can be forwarded. So this Valentine's Day, before your thumbs decide to do the talking check out TextsFromMyXes a twitter feed that streams real texts from people post breakup, reminding all of us that grand gestures are best left for 80s film icons and Glee episodes. Below is a selection of my favorites. The common denominator? Intense paranoia coupled with a LOT of feelings and hyperbole.

Did you make your Facebook statuses private or is it just blocked from me?

I just drove by your work and honked. Did u hear it? I hope that made u smile.

I hope you can forgive me for ever treating you like anything less than my queen.

Seeing you sober in the deli was the most awkward moment of my life

YOU WILL NOT MAKE ME INTO SAMMI SWEETHEART

To overshare your inbox just in time for Valentine's day, send your doozies to TextsFromMyXes@gmail.com. Just don't send them out to your ex.