Relationships Stop saying "that's when I met my ex" when referring to meeting past partners

"I met the person that is meow my ex"

"I met my ex"






Nah, I'm good bro. I'm not sofishticated enough for them fancy extra werds
 
Stoic1 said:
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oh, you lil imp, you! you got me! caught me red-handed directly discussing the OP & thread topic in said thread. i suppose i’ll be hauling myself off to jail now
 
Intermission said:
It's not those type of sentences. What i'm objecting to is someone writing: "I had that fuck buddy until I met my ex".When she actually means she meets someone who will be her first boyfriend. Dont you see how retarded that is?
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Why would it be her first boyfriend?

The sentence you mention works at every time, but I expect it from a more experienced woman to have a fuck buddy between more solid relationships.
 
Intermission said:
"After that I met my former partner" is an inapproriate way of putting it.

After that I met a new guy/girl.
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Also new guy sounds like he is the current partner, but he is not cause he is a ex (there can be a new new guy).

Now you are depending of context and subject for your sentence to even make sense. Original is perfect.
 
armbarforhire said:
Also new guy sounds like he is the current partner, but he is not cause he is a ex (there can be a new new guy).
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"New guy" is neutral.. "Met my ex" is ambigious as to whether it's an X now or then. my objection is on principle, not understanding. You are going out of your way to state it's not your current one which makes you look silly.
 
Intermission said:
It's improper.

You met someone who became your girlfriend/boyfriend. You did not meet someone who was your ex before you were even together!

I read this all the time, especially from women. It's meant as a statement of the present, but conflicts with a statement about the past.

Its main intent is to avoid confusion but it actually creates one where none existed.

I always assume this is coming from low IQ individuals.

/Aspie rant over
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Generally don't ever bring up the people you've had your penis inside or had their penis inside you with someone you are dating.
That is is something you should know by age 16. If a girl does it, dump her. She knows. If a guy does it give him one warning. He's just had an absentee father. It's a sign you are just temporary to them after that both men and women.
It's very.. simple.
 
Intermission said:
"New guy" is neutral.. "Met my ex" is ambigious as to whether it's an X now or then. my objection is on principle, not understanding. You are going out of your way to state it's not your current one which makes you look silly.
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No you are silly because thats exactly why ex is used. New guy communicates nothing, cause it sounds like the current BF.
 
Intermission said:
"New guy" is neutral.. "Met my ex" is ambigious as to whether it's an X now or then. my objection is on principle, not understanding. You are going out of your way to state it's not your current one which makes you look silly.
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sounds like a you problem. semantics, pragmatics, conversation & general communication clearly aren’t a strength for you, but maybe you should stop weaponizing your ignorance as if it were anything but
 
Intermission said:
My point is that the only alternative would be that he is an ex. It's self explanatory.
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what? why do you insist on tangling yourself up in these totally unnecessary knots when the sentences/utterances you’ve taken issue w/ never needed fixing in the first place. it is baffling
 
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