The "You Look Like My Ex" Syndrome

What is it with guys and girls informing their new love interest just how much he or she reminds them of their ex?  I am not sure if you heard but your ex probably isn’t standing behind you listening in on the sweet nothings you’re telling to your new love interest praying to hear his or her name. Moreover, I can guarantee that that new female or male friend of yours is even less likely to want to hear it. And with that, let me share a little story about the man who informed me of this vary lovely detail:

I was working a promo for a smoothie maker or ice cream maker (I never quite figured it out) at a Bed Bath & Beyond. One would think with yogurt… or ice cream… all over the hands, an apron covered in rotting fruit, faded makeup from the night before and a “go fuck yourself attitude” due to a deteriorating hangover, I would avoid a bad pick up line. Little did I know, I was in for good material that would be later used for this vary blog.

An employee continuously passed me each time with a shy smile and a nod. The more he passed, the more samples he entitled himself too. Jerk. Finally, he got the courage to introduce himself after sharing a story about how his ex wife broke his heart and as a result binged on ice cream and gained 25 lbs. Fair enough, he at least thought I was selling ice cream. He proceeded to ask me about my line of work as a promotional model and my recent adventure over the past weekend. Suddenly he stopped mid-sentence and the pick up line began.

He stepped closer, leaned over my table and questioned, “Are you Israeli?” In confusion, I nodded my head unsure of his intentions in knowing this knowledge. He screeched, no joke, this man nearly lost it. “I knew it! You’re so beautiful, all Israeli women are!” Clearly he was an intelligent man in my eyes at this point until he said this:

“I knew I would like you the minute I saw you, you’re gorgeous... You know how I know?” I looked at him with confusion. “You look just like my ex wife!”

Now I don’t know exactly who taught this man that hitting on women by claiming they look like the ex that made him 25 lbs larger was a good idea but that person needs to be slapped. Who ever taught this man that proceeding to talk about his ex wife in conjunction to inviting me on a dinner date  for the following hour was an even better idea needs to be exiled.

Lesson: “Fellas please don’t insist on how a lady may look like your cheating ex!” – Alicia P.