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Marrying Mr. Wrong
She thought he was "the one." Did relationship red flags indicate otherwise?
by Isabel Rose
She makes a shocked face and says, “You two? Eew. You’re completely wrong for each other. Please. Trust me. You two are the most-wrong-for-eachother people I can think of.”
I laugh, and ask why we’re so mismatched. “Trust me,” she says gravely. “He’s not for you.” Then she shrugs. “It’s your life, babe, but I don’t think you’ll be happy.”
RED FLAG #2, JULY 1995
One of my friends has a rule: if you don’t kiss by the third date, there’s no real chemistry. My future ex-husband and I don’t kiss until the third month.
RED FLAG #3, AUGUST 1995
We’re walking down the street on our way to dinner and I ask my boyfriend a question, which he ignores. I say, “Can you hear me?” and he says, “Huh?” After dinner we go to the movies. While waiting for it to start I ask him if he thinks Jennifer Lopez is attractive. He ignores me.
I ask, “Are you going deaf, or are just ignoring me?”
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1 Nada // Aug 17, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I see the critism girl and I don’t see a reason to even ready 15 pages of this on-line if you don’t think you do or think that you can relate to it just by the beginning episode. I sometimes too feel like I’m in the same element and don’t know what to do, maybe not every aspect like you is not the same but I can absolutely relate. Keep your head up.
2 ela // Aug 15, 2008 at 6:09 am
um… i love how you’re in the hamptons but your couch is from ikea. everything else about your failed marriage makes sense now.
3 Russ // Aug 6, 2008 at 5:14 pm
This article sounds like the ramblings of an incredibly self-absorbed woman whose perceived emotional wants trumped any chance for a real, independent life.
Your ex sounds like an interesting guy with a lot to offer. Too bad you only accepted him begrudgingly.
4 Mom who cares // Jul 18, 2008 at 1:51 pm
My daughter is marrying a Man she meet in college. The first year of the relationship they were fighting alot, ending in a bad break up where they were very nasty to each other. They weren’t speaking for 6 months and decided to be friends, over the last ten months, they say the both they worked things out and have been dating for the last 6 months. they meet fresman year in college it will be 3 years total known each other. Yikes…..any suggestions, without pushing them closer together in a them against the world kind of way?
5 Karin // Jul 13, 2008 at 2:10 pm
The red flags should have been for him. She is the one that didn’t like to hike, talked to much, couldn’t even enjoy a trip to Paris….poor idiot.
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