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Haha ^__^

Awhh. sorry to hear... and don't worry I don't hate you.

Bankrupt, the only people who hate long stories are the trolls who can't be bothered to read them. The commenters who's opinions are worth something are more likely to judge you on attitude, intelligence etc, not the length of your comment. Though that story does suck.

Thank you. This was of course one of life's lessons. At least the OP found out before she gave him the gifts, which is more than I did. Oddly, after not seeing him for over 20 years, I ran into that jerk a couple of months ago at a funeral. He is now in his mid-50s, went nowhere careerwise and was proud to tell me he has only just purchased his first home, a one-bedroom condo, thinking I'd be eating my heart out. He never married, honestly thinks he is "The Most Eligible Bachelor" and was convinced I would be devastated when I saw him and tell him losing him was the biggest mistake of my life. It was all I could do not to laugh; he is a pathetic, lonely drunk and he brought it on himself. He was truly disappointed to find that I am married, have a child, a home and a very successful career, and not because he missed me. He was mad because he wanted to rub my nose in his "success" and laugh at my misery but it turns out I outdid him by a lot. I was very young and naive when we dated but of course experience taught me how miserable and selfish he was; I just had no one to compare him to at the time. He was the biggest loser I ever dated. Lucky for me he was the FIRST guy I ever dated so it was an education. Everyone after him was an upgrade until I struck solid gold with my husband.

He should have gotten you a dog.

You ever think about publishing that book? LOL just kidding. I an glad you were able to show him how great your life is.

am. Sorry. Damn fat fingers.

No one would believe it. You know, I didn't even want to rub his nose in it. I didn't even want to say "hi" to him. All I wanted was for him to just pretend he didn't see me and leave me in peace, but NOOOO, the idiot had to run up to me to brag that he had a dead-end job and a crappy condo, thinking that would make me cry, "Take me back!" to him. All I really did was answer his questions but my answers to "Are you married?" "Any kids?" "What does your husband do?" "What do you do?" and "Where do you live?" pissed him off. It would never occur to me to rush up to someone and try to upset them or hurt them or "one up" them so I don't understand that urge in others. That being said, he richly deserved it.

bankrupt: Cinn's right, though she was admirably diplomatic about it. When I've seen people respond poorly to your comments, it's not the length they're reacting to. It's the content and/or tone.  Your stories are always negative, with yourself as the victim. When you comment that way, you can come off as bitter and angry, one-upping the OP for attention and pity.  (Note: I didn't say you *are*; just that you can *seem* that way.)  When ypu expound on the story, like you did here, by detailing how much more successful/virtuous/fulfilled etc. you are now than whoever hurt you, it makes you seem smug, petty, and vengeful. (Victimizing yourself by saying "everyone hates me because I have a story for everything" doesn't help, BTW.) Tl;dr: Not everyone hates you, bankrupt, but if some people dislike you or your posts, maybe they have a reason for it.                     

I'm just a stupid twat. FM.

Yes yes, poor you, I'm a bitch. Look, despite what you may think, I'm not trying to just dump on you. I don't have that rep around here because I don't make comments like that often. Even in my earlier comment, I tried to be respectful and give you the BOTD. I wrote it because you seem to want to be involved in this particular community, or else you wouldn't bother to post, or care what others thought of you. You're mistaken about why that isn't happening. I tried to help you out subtly by PMing you, but that didn't help. I thought I'd try a different approach.