The Root: Should I Believe His "Crazy Ex"?
Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 11:20AM "My friend introduced me to a nice guy, and after several dates, I decided I really like him. But then I received a call from a woman claiming to be his girlfriend and asking me who I was to 'her' man. I confronted him about what happened, and he said it was his 'crazy ex' and she's jealous that he's moving on. He assured me there was nothing to be worried about. Since then I haven't heard from him and I've called multiple times. (He's not in mortal danger. He's updating Twitter and Facebook.) I don't know what's going on. Could she really be a crazy ex trying to sabotage his relationship with me, or is he really committed to someone else?" --W.P.
Years ago I was in a particularly messy dating situation that I was trying to explain to, of all people, my personal trainer: "See what had happened was ... " I was driving myself bat-crap crazy trying to ignore my common sense because that would have meant walking away from a guy I really liked.
He didn't like me all that much. He said he did, of course, but his actions showed me something different. My trainer listened patiently to my Cirque du Soleil contortions of the truth to paint "my" beau in a better light, then told me flatly: "Lie to anybody else, but don't lie to yourself.
I quote that smart, charming and wise hunk of a man from long ago because I see you bending backward like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix over a story that you want to believe is true, even though the evidence blatantly says otherwise.
You met a great guy. Sometimes it can seem as if they are hard to come by. And it sounds like you want to hold on to the great possibilities of what could have happened between you. But he's not who he presented himself to be -- no matter how nice he was or who introduced him to you or how great those first few dates were.
That woman who called you? She isn't some crazy ex (though they do exist, but far less than the degree to which they are scapegoated). Her actions might make her sound a little off, but she's more than likely his lady and very much current.
Here's how I know: She called you. Crazy exes aren't left alone with unlocked phones, and sometime after he left you, he wandered over to her and got comfortable enough for her to go through his phone and take down your number. If she was really the crazy ex he claims, he wouldn't be hanging out with her. No, not even for sex.
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Same - Exact- Scenario happened to me once.
Only the "crazy ex" turned out to be his very current FIANCE. lol
I had a great talk with her once she stopped calling and hanging up on me. If it wasn't for her, I would've never known what had happened to him (he stood me up and I thought he might've been in a car accident or something terrible.) She politely informed me that he was perfectly healthy and that she had returned home from a trip EARLY hence his disappearance.