Friday, July 1, 2011

ABC Gum

I’ve never been good with my girlfriend’s ex-boyfriends—not the prospect of actually meeting them, but the simple fact that she’s ever been with someone else before me. Perhaps it’s a form of retroactive jealousy, or how they taught us in Health that we’re effectively sleeping with every lover she’s ever had, but I think it might go back to that time in Grade Five when Maggie McClung (who’s probably had way too many boyfriends by now) offered me some of her candy.
     “Close your eyes,” she said, “and I’ll give you a piece of ABC Gum.”
     Already. Been. Chewed.
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11 comments:

  1. Roy SchulzeJuly 17, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    Posted to ABC Wednesday.

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  2. Leslie:July 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    So...I'm wondering. Did you Accept? Back away? give her a Call? Or Decline? lol

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  3. Roger Owen GreenJuly 17, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    Interesting. I only had trouble with one of my wife's exes, but it was the guy she went out with after we broke up and before we got together. But now that we've been married 13 years, I seriously don't even remember his name!

    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. CarolJuly 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    I remember passing around abc gum when I was young and reckless...now that I am older and wiser I say ugh....

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  5. Tina´s PicStoryJuly 17, 2012 at 11:45 AM

    nice story :)))

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  6. WandaJuly 17, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Boy does that bring back grammer school days. I DO remember ABC gum..Yuk, even tried it a few times. I do remember my mom getting upset cause I put my ABC gum on my bed post...Why toss it when I could pop it in my mouth the next morning. HaHa...Good Story. My husband was so jealous of my ex-boyfriends I decided to burn my diaries before we got married...Bad mistake...I'm sure we'd laugh now at my teenage antics. Oh well. Been married to my honey 51 years so not to worry about ex's.

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  7. New York ErraticJuly 18, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    Ew!

    Chris H
    ABC Wednesday
    A is for Avogadro’s Number

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  8. LmkazmierczakJuly 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    Good A post...Youth can be so frivolous, but it's amazing what sticks in our heads when we're older♫

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  9. GattinaJuly 18, 2012 at 11:28 AM

    Jalousy is something I don't know and why should I be jalous of somebody from the past ?? I don't know ABC bubble gum neither, anyway I hate chewing gums.
    Gattina
    ABC Team

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  10. Chubskulit RoseJuly 18, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    Ahahaha, I was wondering what the ABC Gum was lol.

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    Rose, ABC Wednesday Team.

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  11. MarthaJuly 19, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    Now this is interesting, especially concerning the events of this past week, but we'll just keep that one quiet for now. :)

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