by Raizsa-Daphne Benosa

Created on: November 10, 2009

Jealousy bites. This is one common instance why many people are able to do foolish, sometimes nasty things. The thought of you not being able to have what the other has is an idea that is pretty hard to accept and understand. Even in relationships, jealousy is something you cannot live without, most especially if your partner had a number of girlfriends already. A mention of an ex girlfriend's name would already send blood to your ears. Now what if you see her this time? Your reaction to the situation is quite critical especially if your partner is around. Would you glare at the person with a raised eyebrow? Would you ignore the person?

Many of you would agree that the last person you would like to bump into is your loved one's ex (ex boyfriend, ex girlfriend, etc.) And the worse is, both you and "the ex" are trapped in the same place, like a coffee shop or an internet cafe. The question is how would you handle the situation. How will you act and react? Here are some instances most females do when the ex is around:

1. The "present" would look at the mirror and see if she has a smudge or dirt on her face. (So that she wouldn't look like mobbed in front of "ex").

2. How could you forget the war freak-no-care-for-the-world kind of "present"? Then she would look straight at the "ex" and glare. And even though her angry piercing stare is palpable enough, she'd still say something like "she doesn't even look pretty."

3. "Present" would assure herself that she is a lot prettier than "ex."

4. "Present" would dig up all the English words she could muster, and speak them with pride and (take note) volume so that "ex" would hear and know that "present" has brains.

5. She would start snuggling her boyfriend making sure that "ex" could see them.

6. When all these are done, "present" would try to walk past "ex" with her chin up - proud and poised, pretending "ex" is not around.

It's quite funny how girls look at life as a constant competition for attention. Most of you (meaning the present girlfriends), if not all, have done one or two on the list.

However, people have different ways of dealing with this kind of situation. Note that these are only common action of women, most especially by teenagers.

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