Musing on Relationships

The thing about dating someone is that at least some part of you wants to imagine that you are the only person that they have ever been with and the only person that they will be with in the future. But the older you get, the more that becomes a super unrealistic possibility. So, you pretend that previous partners don't exist until you stumble upon irrefutable evidence of your partner's previous life without you which you can't ignore. The weird thing is, sometimes that hurts more when you stumble upon this kind of information about a person who is now also your ex. Because it reminds you that you are just a person that has come and gone in the life of your partner. It's almost like just being a number. I think that these are all normal human emotions. And that leads to eruptions of jealousy and general psycho bitchness. :/