Relationships...?

There's an international student today who told me that he still kept in touch with his ex-girlfriend. It seems that him and his ex-girlfriend still have quite a relationship.

Naturally, I started reflecting about my own experiences with women whom I was once intimately involved with. It's funny (but sad) that none of them keep in touch with me anymore. Of course, there are two of them whom I really don't wish to speak with anymore for the rest of my life, but I guess it would be nice if the other two still would still keep in contact with me.

But the reality within my life is that breakups seem to occur on very sour (and sometimes bitter) terms. I guess dating in the United States and dating in Asian countries would be very different. Yet, I feel that in many ways, our styles are quite similar, even though we may be culturally different. Either that, or it's just my luck that I had to end relationships on such notes. But sometimes, being nice only hurts both parties more.

Reflecting further on this subject, wouldn't one who keeps in constant contact with his/her former significant other be prolonging the pain that was there? Wouldn't it be wiser to move on? It seems like there are very few people who actually break up on a "good" note. The international student whom I spoke with today is one of those lucky people. What an interesting story. Even though I find his story interesting,feel that it's best to forget what was once a reality and focus on the future.

[Haha, it's funny that I should say that and yet be writing a blog like this...]

Time to reach for that bottle of Johnnie Walker...