Payback Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

When an ex-boyfriend who treated you [euphemistically] with minimal respect enters a relationship with another woman, there are a lot of sentiments that run rampant among your neurotransmitters.

• “God, what is he thinking, I’m SO much cuter...”
• “I feel sorry for her, she is currently doomed to co-dependency and servitude...”
• “Karma is a bitch and I hope she dumps his sorry ass...”

When you finally forgive the man in your heart for being the young, stupid puppy that ultimately YOU had allowed him to be when you were together, these kind of thoughts ebb back into your subconscious where they belong. Regardless, karma doesn’t forget. After time has coaxed you far beyond that dark period of your life, and you find yourself sitting affably at a café with your ex as he somberly spits out his poignant tale of devotion to a woman only to be cheated on and dumped for a less attractive man, you don’t smirk. In fact, you wish you had never intuitively felt anything more than apathy. The guilt associated with retribution is really quite bitter.