Incoming Great Wall of Motherfucking Text. Even the tl;dr is tl;dr.
Jade physically attacked me this afternoon, in broad daylight, in the middle of the school parking lot. I had asked her to return a comic book I had lent her, and she told me to meet her there, but I had no sooner stepped within five feet of her when she ran at me and started wailing on me. Punching, kicking, scratching, the works. Well, trying, anyway. It didn’t do much, if anything I was probably more distracted from how sore my taint has been ever since I started biking again.
Apparently, from the text messages she had sent to several of my friends before the incident:
“I need to put him in his place. He needs to know that he can’t get away with everything. I’m returning his book back today… but I promise, there will be bloodshed.”
Who even SAYS that? And where is this “place” I’m supposed to be put? Do they have somewhere I can sit down?
She and I broke up three weeks ago when it was decided between us that I didn’t feel for her the same way she felt for me. We had been rocky in the past, and admittedly I wasn’t exactly the best boyfriend. I was always busy. Always preoccupied with something else, enough at times to get impatient with her if I felt like I was being unproductive. I tried to like her more, though, I really did, but it wasn’t enough, so we left it at that, and parted ways fairly quietly.
About a week and a half later, she sends me a text that goes something like:
“I’m with [some random guy] now. I think I know what you mean now when you said that your heart wasn’t in it, because I can only like him. Nothing more.”
“You’re ‘with’ him?”
“Like I said.”
Now, I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned this before, but it has been implied numerous times in the comic strip — I absolutely hate it when people who are in or have just dropped out of a relationship immediately find someone else. It’s probably the worst thing that anyone can ever do to me, personally. I’m not the only one who feels this way, am I?
So far, it affects me personally because this has happened to me on FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. Four times in a fucking row. And I’m not talking about that girl at the Ministry of Sound that I finally worked up the courage to dance with until she got bored and left with some gangster because the only place I knew where to put my hands was on her ass. (I WAS SIXTEEN. LEAVE ME ALONE, JERKS.)
My first real relationship (I’ve been told anything before high school doesn’t count, so we’re going with that) was with one of my sister’s friends when I was fifteen. She said she was too busy for me, or anyone, for that matter. I would find out a year later she had broken up with me so she could date another guy. That’s okay, I guess, right? Because she lied to me because she didn’t want to hurt me, right? ..Right?
The second one — albeit unofficial — was at the impressionable age of 16, where I was accosted by a 20-year-old who said her boyfriend was a douche, told me she loved me, took my virginity and then ended up in another guy’s bed a month later saying I never meant anything to her. Mother fuck.
Two months afterwards and still recovering, I’m introduced to the 24-year-old sister of a then-close friend (not anymore, for reasons that will become apparent). We click almost immediately, and things are just aww right. Oh wait. What’s that? You have a BOYFRIEND? No, no, that’s NOT aww right. But wait, he’s a douchebag, too. Nuh-uh, I’m not falling for that shit again. But I love you. Aww, I love you too. Let’s have phone sex. Wait wha– okay. Well these few weeks have been nice but I have to go back to college now. Call me, okay? Okay. Brring, brring. Hello? WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND. LEAVE ME ALONE. …And don’t tell my sister about us.
And then there was the girl who would become Red, but merely summarizing Red’s story will never do it justice. Let’s just say Red is the one who broke me.
Nowadays, I have little to nothing against any them anymore, and sometimes am even thankful as I never thought I would’ve learned so much just from making so many mistakes. Regardless of this, if I’m in/freshly out of a relationship and I’m ever reminded of that same emotion I felt with each of those losses, I will completely lose my fucking shit. I don’t like it, but it happens.
Jade knew this. She knew how much it would hit home if she ever did something like that to me. I never asked much from her during our relationship. That request was one of a very few I ever made from her. And yet, she went out of her way to let me know that she had a new boyfriend. We weren’t exactly speaking regularly anymore, after all. So I did what anyone would have done in my position–
I completely lost my fucking shit.
Well, okay, that sounded more awesome than what I really did, which was yell. And by yelling I mean sending a bunch of TEXT MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS.
I was fucking livid, and the fact that Jade, brandishing an insufferable attitude, just made it worse. So I thought about the one thing I thought would hurt her the most, and I said it.
“No wonder your family hates you.”
When it comes to serious matters, I don’t exactly like being wrong, and I especially dislike knowing I have to apologize when I know I’ve done something wrong, but I felt bad for what I had said. So, I called her out the next day and I apologized. I owned up to what I did and I told her I knew what I said was wrong. Of course, she said she did nothing wrong and didn’t think she deserved that kind of shit from me. Really? Seriously?
“I’ll bring your comic book tomorrow.” (That was on Sunday, and she forgot it.)
Now, let’s cut back to yesterday, which at the time I’m writing this is a Wednesday. That was the day I realized that there was absolutely no reasoning with this girl. I was walking out of school itching for a cigarette when I realized I had no lighter. The only people who were outside just happened to be Jade and one of her friends, and they’re smoking.
So I walk up to the guy and I go, “can I get a light?” He hands me it, I light up, thank him, and then I leave.
20 minutes later on the train, Jade messages me with, simply,
“Fuck off”
Um… I thought we had cleared everything up. and were on non-speaking terms, and she throws this at me?
“Excuse me? What did I do?”
“You know better than to dare speak to me.”
Wait, wasn’t she the one who messaged ME first? And out of the blue? Jesus.
“Lol. Attention whore.”
I responded, because she had absolutely no reason to have messaged me other than the fact that she.wanted some sort of attention, and the fact that she is so self-centered that she thought I had been talking to her instead of the guy next to her. it’s like, “stop flattering yourself, you dumb bitch.”
She spent the next hour throwing weak insults, trying so hard to get at me. I was surprised myself, actually, at how I didn’t even bat an eyelid at something like, “Now I see why [Red] left you.” Most people tend to remember insults thrown at them better than compliments. I only remembered that one because she mentioned her real name. I’m sure there might have been a bad-in-bed crack, but I don’t remember anything else.
And you know why that is? You know why I’m not even mad that she tried to attack me? Because I am completely indifferent. I don’t hate Jade, I simply do not care about her. Love & hate may be opposites on an emotional spectrum, but even hating someone means you still give a shit. And I don’t.
I tried to be as fair as possible If I really wanted to be one-sided I would’ve listed everything she said and nothing I said, but I didn’t do that, did I? Of course each story will be a little one-sided, but at least I know how to admit when I’m at fault. At least I tried to be reasonable, at least I DID apologize, and at least I know how to use my words instead of my fists. And she told ME to grow up.
Jade, you should really get some help, because you are obviously a very fucking unstable and psychotic person. Something is seriously wrong with you.
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yo Enzo, as I offered before, my e-mail addy is available to you man
I’m sorry you are having such a rough time with her. Don’t let it affect you too much, and don’t let it sour your attitude towards relationships in the future. Take some time to heal, and I’m sure you’ll eventually find someone nice.
If you can, block Jade’s number. Then she can text you all she wants and you won’t hear a thing. That’s what I should’ve done with my last ex so that I didn’t have to read his 15 text messages a day. >.<
OMB, man. I swear that she was the one that made a post on Bittersweet about avoiding rebound relationships. Which makes me think she’s a little hypocritical. But then again, who isn’t?
So as much as I don’t like her attitude, I won’t raise my hand, Frank. TT . TT Even though I love you.
IMO, there’s always this little phase after a relationship where they’re crazy obsessed with you in an evil way, or in a “this is the end of the world I love you” way. And in either, they don’t leave you alone. But they always fade away and one day you laugh at them thinking that you knew they’d stop feeling to bitchy/in love.
However, she did try to beat you up, which I find hilarious and alarming. See that bitch with a knife and you run, Enzo! Ruuuuun!
I feel your pain. I really do. When my ex and I broke up, he made a huge deal out of letting me know he was getting a lot of ass. When he got a new girlfriend, he actually ‘drunk dialed’ me and told me all about it.
…I never really gave a crap, to be honest. It never hurt. My advice? Stay away for a while. Let her get used to the idea of not being with you.
Oh good lordy, Enzo. I feel your pain. Men in the past have:
-lied to me about having terminal diseases so I would stay with them
-stalked me, emailed my parents with lies about what I was doing, and then emailed the new boyfriend *that I hadn’t told the ex about* with all my favourites, getting them wrong, and then changing their minds and emailing what a bitch I was. I am still with the boyfriend they emailed, and we plan on getting married sometime in the future.
I actually disagree with previous posters. I don’t think this was too harsh at all, if anything you’ve been more than fair by showing the unpleasant things you said as well. By no means did you do the “i’m a saint and she’s a bitch” deal. There is no call for the way she behaved, ever. Men have done this to me and it’s ugly, no two ways about it. She sounds eerily like someone who did the exact same thing to me. People like them are dangerous and they need help.
on the other hand this does make great comics XD keep ‘em coming man.
I can’t even begin to tell you how glad I am that I”m not the only one that’s fallen for the terminal disease trap- the guy that had me believing it actually roped me into losing my virginity with him because of the lie.
Well, being on of the girls that move on quickly, I have to kind of defend Jade… I feel you though. It was a bitch move rubbing it in your face.
I see it as there’s no use in living in the past.
Yes, I still love Him. But I always will. No, I’m not over Him. But I will never be.
So instead of sitting here waiting, hoping He changes His mind, I’ll move on. Why should I wait? He doesn’t love me or at least not enough to stay with me. I’m sick of crying and moping. I’m going to find someone who loves me as much as I love Him. Someone I love just as much. Someone who is willing to put up with my shit and I his. Someone. I’m not going to settle for a half-assed relationship that only works if it’s easy.
So I know it’s soon, but I’m moving on. I hope He is eventually happy with whomever He ends up with. I’ll be rooting for Him. But I want to be happy to. The relationship is over. You don’t get to tell her that it’s too soon. For that matter, I hope that both of you become happy too.
I can’t talk about Him without crying. Talk to Him. Say His name even. His picture is still by my bedside. He’s still my friend. Always.
But why should that stop me from being happy? It shouldn’t.
So these men that I see, I’m looking for Him. Another Him. One who holds me at night. Loves me all day long. No, I don’t consider them relationships. That will come when He becomes second to them. But in the meantime, I’ll have my fun. Call me what you will. (My father does. I can’t stop you either.) But one night, I’ll be wrapped in my lover’s arms and he’ll get up, going to the kitchen or the bathroom and my heart will hurt because he’s gone. Just like it did when I was with Him. The panic attacks will cease because I’m safe with him.
I love Him. Still. I miss Him. Still.
Moving on isn’t meant to hurt Him. It’s meant to better me.
I’m sure she’s not crazy. It’s just a way for her to purge her feelings about you. I once dated my best friend (he’s still my BFF too) but nothing pissed me off more than his careless attitude when he found out I didn’t replace him with a guy… But with 3. I hated him. Oh god, did I hate him. But then, we had the following conversation.
him: Oh. Are you happy?
me: Wait… not really.
him: Isn’t the point to be happy? To find someone you connect with?
me: Well Yeah.
him: Then isn’t it pointless since you can’t concentrate on anyone of them?
me: I.. guess.
him: Aren’t you supposed to be looking for someone to spend the rest of your life with?
me: Kinda.
him: Are you doing that?
me: not well.
him: See. I’m way smarter than you.
me: ::Hates Him For Being Right::
But as for Him. He’s still the love of my life. My First Love. But he wont be my last. I’ll continue dating, getting hurt and moving on until either He figures I’m worth His time… or I find someone who thinks I’m worth their time.
Her moving on, doesn’t mean she’s a bitch.. or crazy. She’s just trying to be happy. I think you should do the same. Stop thinking so goddamn much.
While I can understand what your saying, Dolph, I feel that I have to point out the flaw in your argument. You say you move on to be happy and find the right person, but when you move on so soon, you’re not looking for the right person. You’re looking for the last person in a new body. You’re looking for your old relationship but without the old problems. What you need to do is take time to distance yourself from your ex. Make time to be happy with yourself, because if you don’t, you’ll never know who to actually look for. And even if you found the right person, you might never know it because you’re not happy with yourself.
I see what you’re saying. But You should be happy with yourself before you even think about someone else. That should be accomplished before there is an ex.
You’re not going to forget that relationship. I’ve never been able to get over someone I love, I just start to love someone more. Instead of loving them less.
I know what I want. It’s the same thing I wanted before Him. Of course, the next person is going to be similar because your looking for the same qualities. I know that I’m weird but I don’t like to be the center of anyone’s life. So they have to be passionate. My Best Friend was passionate about Video Games. My Ex was Computers. Current guy is Cars. They don’t drink. Don’t Smoke. Have marginal home lives… (Parental or ExWife Problems). Love Music. Like to walk. Very Quiet, shy even-Yet they know everyone… like they attract attention without trying. Hated by my father. And wear their pants on their hips. XD
Yeah they are similar but I’m still the same person, looking for the same things, attracting the same kind of people.
And I guess Enzo and I are in Different situations. I don’t know what the reason for the break up was but mine have always been civil. The whole “We’re not talking” thing has never happened with me. My breakups have always been like “I’m not sure this distance is going to work”, “I don’t love you like you love me”, “I think we’re better off friends”, or “I’m sorry I think I’ve fallen in love with someone else”…
If there is that chemistry, with you and your ex, you should be looking for a similar chemistry with someone else. If the relationship didn’t work out for a rather large minor reason, then shouldn’t you look for a similar relationship without that reason.
Wow, Dolph, I think everything you just said perfectly fits under the category of “Attention Whore”. I thought we were talking about Enzo and his comic here, not getting your life story. What you said, you could have summarized as “Maybe she’s not trying to be a bitch, she’s just trying to move on or find someone to distract from the pain of the breakup”, but instead we learned all about how heart broken YOU are, that your father thinks bad things about you, that you have panic attacks, how many guys you were with after the break up, and plenty of other in-depth detail that is unnecessary and pretty private to be sharing with so many random people. If you want to ‘talk about it’ with random people because it’s easier, go to one of those chat sites or something. The fact that you used Enzo’s issues as a stepping stone to go on and on and on about poor you, and about two paragraphs actually within the topic of Enzo and his problem says to me that you’re just looking for attention and sympathy.
On a side note, WHAT was your point??? “Maybe she’s trying to find the right person but she’s actually not”? You spent the whole thing telling us about you to try and say something along the lines of “trying to move on” and then totally going against what you said by saying “actually, none of that is right after all”. Basically, that says to me that you only posted to tell us about your misery. I think if it REALLY hurt you so badly, especially considering you “can’t talk about him without crying” that you wouldn’t go into explicit detail to a bunch of strangers. If it really hurts, then you wouldn’t want to talk about it . . . because it HURTS!
Maybe I’m being a bitch and you really are in all the pain you claim to be in; I can accept that, and if it’s true then I’m sorry for you. But 99% of the time with people like you, it’s an emo teenage girl behind the screen putting scratches in your arms with clothing pins, then showing them to everyone who will look and claiming that they’re the left overs of some horrible wound you inflicted upon yourself because you hate life so much. I bet your notebook is covered in doodles of some tragically beautiful girl with tears in her eyes and blood on her lip, not to mention an account on VampireFreaks stocked full with pictures of you with mascara streaked down your face and hearts scratched onto your chest.
I know your type, and I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say: Attention Whore.
Oh. Tell me how you really feel?
Thanks for the constructive criticism. We were discussing his letter. Not the comic. I’m actually kind of sad that you ended with judging me. I was sorta learning something about myself and then you called me an Whore. I guess I did tell you to call me what you will… Not that I take offense. Partially, because I don’t see myself that way. 3 guys isn’t a lot since I’m not “an emo teenage girl”. I’m sorry about being an “attention whore” I didn’t mean to steal the spot light from Enzo and Jade, just that I can see where she is coming from. And the best way I know how to demonstrate that is to share personal experiences. Next time, instead of using a negative word like whore, try “sexually empowered woman” I prefer it. Since Whore is usually used for people being paid for sex, it’s not accurate. Most people use it in that way anyway… Men can be sexually empowered and no one sees anything wrong, but a girl does it and she’s a whore. Also, the count is a whole lot more than 3. Fine Whatever. I’m a Whore. You’ve been talking to my father, huh?
My point was: She’s MOVING ON. Good For Her. She gets to decide when is too soon. NOT Enzo. And really he has no right to judge her, just because it’s too soon for him, doesn’t mean it’s the same for her. If she knows who she is and what she wants, there is no better time to move on than now.
Like I figured: Everyone is like Poor Enzo. And because I’m with Jade on this one, means I’m the fucking enemy.
“But 99% of the time with people like you, it’s an emo teenage girl behind the screen putting scratches in your arms with clothing pins, then showing them to everyone who will look and claiming that they’re the left overs of some horrible wound you inflicted upon yourself because you hate life so much. I bet your notebook is covered in doodles of some tragically beautiful girl with tears in her eyes and blood on her lip, not to mention an account on VampireFreaks stocked full with pictures of you with mascara streaked down your face and hearts scratched onto your chest.” Was that really Necessary?
I’m in my twenties. I’m not Emo. Have never cut. And am not a person who shows they hurt unless it has some sort of relevance. I don’t hate my life. My Notebooks have Physics notes inside them… and nothing on the cover… Because I don’t carry Sharpies and I have FiveStars. I can’t draw very well. Why is there blood on her lip? I actually had to google VampireFreaks to see if you were making something up and I don’t wear Makeup… and Scratches on your chest sounds like it hurts. So I guess: Fuck You.
I wanted to thank you for sharing your point of view, the ones most opposite of mine are usually the ones I learn from the most.
Not that it changes my personal opinion, but it helps me understand better the stance of… the “opposing party”, so to speak.
“Not that it changes my personal opinion, but it helps me understand better the stance of… the “opposing party”, so to speak.”
This statement wants me to be your friend.
/love
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/facepalm
At least you’ve gotten over her…
To be honest dude, it sounds like neither of you are blameless here. She hurt you, but you were as bad as her when you did it back… An apology is superfluous.
And washing your dirty laundry in public like this is not cool dude, not cool.
I never claimed to be blameless, I know exactly what I did wrong. I also offered to be friends, offered peace, offered to leave her alone if she would do me the same. I tried to be reasonable in every way, but it was completely fruitless.
And the entire webcomic has always been about dirty laundry, I don’t see this as any different, to be honest.
You were saying you were a bad boyfriend and that she was a bad ex-girlfriend? I think you both made a big mistake at the brake up. You two should have been concentrating on how that could ever happen instead of “leaving it that way”.
Thereby the dirty laundry this time is very dirty. Your comics they don’t tell us what really happened in your life. Or at least not the details.
But above that good that your spilling the beans. You need to be talking to a friend about this and find a way to cope with it. Else you’re whole life will suffer under the consonances of one simple action. And believe me don’t live your life like that, it tears you down with every bone and organ in you body.
I hope for you you can walk your path without crossing Jades again. Or if you would cross that you guys would just do normal to each other.
Enzo, get your things back together and do what you think is right. And people all over the world support you if it’s right.
I’ll be waiting for your next comic
Biatch please.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking you know how this went down. There’s 3 sides to the story; his, Jade’s and the truth’s.
So don’t give him ne shit about: “You two should have been concentrating on how that could ever happen instead of ‘leaving it that way’” and “You need to be talking to a friend about this and find a way to cope with it”.
You don’t know Enzo, don’t give ne shit about what you think he should of/should done/do. Who do you think you are, Jesus Christ Superstar II?
You might think I am a biatch, but I am still right… This isn’t the place to put this whole story nor this is the way to get along with it. He should be with his friends now and if they are on CUEK he should mail them instead of posting it all in public, a short story of what happened for everyone else was more than enough. And YES I’ve got a strong feeling that this whole thing capsized at the break up, and there is no way to change that again. But if Enzo has to break up again, and I sure hope for him he finds a girl and settles down for a time, he should give more attention to how this could ever happen. Because Enzo I ask you: How could this ever happen? Did you even asked yourself this same question yet btw?
Enzo I don’t want to offend you and if I did I am sorry, but you’ve got to keep it real to yourself. Now Enzo I hope you will meet a girl one day and that you two will connect, like each other and stay together for a while.
And yes I am the new Jesus Christ Superstar II. Come on! I am just a guy who tries to think things threw, and then see where the freaking problem lies. And I give an advise. If you don’t like my advise, it it’s your problem. Advises never have to be taken granted, but it’s smarter to certainly do take them granted.
Yeah, the comic was basically personal life turned satire. But the corresponding post was just unnecessary (imo).
You know what made your comic so great? It seemed real, there was emotion, the kind of stuff you can only produce when you experience it yourself. BUT, that’s where it ended, there was no concrete connection to real life, which allows readers to fill in the gaps and relate, sympathize, empathize, or any and all of whatever other emotion you can derive from a comic.
Now, (and I hope its not true, but I think it may apply to myself as well) everyone is just going to think this is another emo kid out to grab as much sympathy/attention as he can on his way to self induced depression.
Please know I’m not saying this is your intention, but its definitely coming across that way. Honestly, I just don’t want to see a good opportunity and a great comic tarnished by run-of-the-mill adolescent crap.
Look, here’s what happened.
When it became aparant that you didn’t like Jade that much, you moronically told her that and when you asked for your comic book she felt like that was an opportune time to “put him in his place” ,by, “making bloodshed” or some kinda crap like that.
What you have to realize is that Jade is, at least what I can tell, an egotist who thinks her own opinion is logical, cool, and righteous as if she actually had any ground to post it here like twice a week like she had any useful knowledge in her hormonal and immature little head. (sorry, that just P.O’d me a little) So, anyway I don’t think she’s looking for attention. Just remember the term “Self-rightous egotist” Petty insults will do nothing. If you prove yourself right, as I am experienced at, she will most likely respond with a simple, “Fuck you” or maybe she might agree, somehow if thats possible.
…And YOU! You clearly do not learn very quickly when it comes to women. I don’t even date much and I still understand when a relationship is real or not! It’s different for every person but, Enzo, you have to use a little forsight and realize that THAT RELATIONSHIP PROBABLY WON’T LAST!!! Unless you’re just interested in sex, in which case I can’t really blame you. Oh, and if you think that you’re too busy to handle a girlfriend, then don’t. You’ll both suffer for it. But if the suffering produces more CHUK then go ahead. ^_^
*CUEK sorry
Well, what I got out of this, relationships suck. And it’s true. :/
well, only the bad ones. the good ones are really good, though.
MY FRIGGIN LORD
Okay maybe I’m just too lazy to read this long-winded sympathy and story-sharing. I’m pretty young though I find the comic hilarious I suppose.
You should put a synopsis of that story into a strip, I found it pretty funny sometimes.
Mmmm… yeah. You know what you should do? If someone ever invents something that could turn you gay, just take it. Women are like deadly seductive aliens. This world is getting overpopulated anyways.
Or you can just invent a functional Robo-chick.
Um… yeah. I guess people are simply crazy when it comes to sex and love, sympathy is possible but advice really isn’t (It’s learned the hard way and it’s a matter of luck?)
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Please enjoy this picture of Hatsune Miku, it might cheer you up. And some lame comic I drew in similar style.
Oh god enzo. This explains so much…thanks for ranting. Really. I’m very sorry, blah blah blah, everything has already been said D:
But on “airing the dirty laundry”…sure, and you’re exactly right. There are people who would say I’m wrong, but if I felt the way you did, I’d want the other to feel exactly the same. And if you have the means, do it…I would.
I wonder if Jade has been ranting too. Maybe I’ll go check it out. And laugh.
I will always be on your side, Enzo. No matter what, if you’re right or wrong, becasue my brain is wired to like the person who posts funny shit comics more than someone who writes blog entries with so (italicized) many emphasized (underlined) points of knowledge (italicized) that are frikin common sense.
You know what, Enzo? Move on, as fast as you can. Not in the hypocritical get-with-some-girls-real-quick way, but as in with everything else. You’ll both put this behind you faster. Because as interesting as your life may be when you’re a tortured, angry mess, I’d rather you be happy.
Do a comic that’s palindrome themed. USE THIS ONE
–> emu love panda dn ape volume. Please? 
As cliche as it sounds, life is short. Peoples’ lives are, when they die, defined then by other people–the people who you made an impression on. You’ll be remembered by most of your readers, even if you stop (please god. don’t.)…OH SHIT I SOUND LIKE JADE SORRY K FEEL BETTER BYE ♥
go Enzo!
Good rant my man..
Hope school easies up so we can roflcopter some more.
*thumbsup*
CUEK! WOOT!
Dude, i had no idea Jade was that crazy. I know what you mean about attention whoring girl friends though, their BATSHIT CRAZY, anyway just drop her if she texts first you text her back with somthing more vicious and heart shredding
Sorry about that Enzo. Shit happens. Keep up the great work.
Enzo! way to go man, some people are just so uncivilised. anyway, you give a good point bout the difference bout hating and not caring. Anyway, move on, you got better things to do, like make us all laugh.
What is Jade’s blog address anyways? I tried googling it but couldn’t and I’m curious to see if she has posted anything on this on her site.
Yeah, no offense, but now you turned into the attention whore. You wanna win this thing with Jade? Win by maturity, by showing that you don’t give a fuck about her and that you couldn’t care less about her new boyfriends.
By this you just offered her a present. She was trying to piss you off and she managed and moreover now she knows it.
I like your comic dude, but in its true spirit I recommend you stop giving that much of a fuck about women. Especially those who pull this shit on you.
What i don’t see is why you would ramble about something so personal out in the open like this.
Comics is one thing, but…i still don’t understand.
probably because he knows that a lot of his fans out here support him, even in his personal life. he needed to tell somebody, and we’re an unbiased third party of sorts.
Wouldn’t say unbiased. Being his fans and supporting him online/offline already makes it biased. Not one person has wondered what Jade’s story could be, everyone assumes all truth without twists or lies is told here. Is it? I wonder…
Well, shit happens. Posting it on the net doesn’t do anything but provide self assurance. Just go on with the comic.
Apparently nobody read my post asking what Jade’s blog site is. I do want to know if she has her side of the story up!!! So don’t say that no one wants to know because I kinda do!
K, its like this:
Enzo feels he’s put in a really unfair situation, he’s hurting really badly, and really needs to vent about it. Hey look, he’s got a website about crappy relationships and breakups. Hey HE just had a breakup! And it has a place where he can type things into it.
WHOOPS WHAT HAPPENED SOMEHOW A RANT
When something you feel is unfair happens, don’t you feel like complaining about it? Most people do; they want others to take their side and commiserate. Here he’s got a community of people who mostly like him. Seems like a perfect place to rant about it.
He has an “I’m strong and dispassionate” attitude, but the fact that this exists just means that he’s been hurt. Maybe it wasn’t as bad this time since he’s been through other breakups, but it was still pretty bad.
To Enzo: Try not to be alone whenever you’re not doing schoolwork (even while you are if you don’t get distracted.) Pick up a new hobby or immersive game, preferably a social one. Your mind needs time to readjust, and too much time spent reflecting is counterproductive. Sadly as the creative genius behind this site, you can’t help reflecting to make these comics. I therefore recommend ignoring it for a while (over a week) while you recover.
As a random person on the internet, you know you can trust my advice.
Well, at least know that it’s a genuine reflection on my part as to what would make you feel better. I am conscious of the arrogance of telling a person I don’t really know what to do, but as I am just another commenter, I know you’ll take my advice with a grain of salt anyways. Good luck, man.
Sure, but is it necessary to share something so personal over the internet? If he needs reassurance, why not go to his friends? To get people to take his side, it would mean making himself sound better, right? For some reason I just don’t think this is the whole story…
Also, for the sake of professionalism, I would keep this stuff behind the screen. Future employers may venture across this and it doesn’t look good.
It’s his site, he can do as he please, but sometimes you need to consider other aspects not just revenge.
You’re right about it not being the whole story, its a rant, and its one-sided. What are the chances that he’d try to frame his ex in a good light right after a big fight like that? Somebody here put it best: “hurt people hurt people.”
In the end, he will probably end up regretting this rant, but in the present its just one of the ways he’s trying to make himself feel better.
DISCLAIMER
I’ve never actually been through a breakup myself, having narrowly avoided it in several rough times (all of which incidentally have been because she felt like I wasn’t there for/with her, due to long distance, schoolwork, etc.) , but I’ve also been in fights where everything felt so unfair I just NEEDED to unload somehow. In moments of immense indignation and pain, you don’t act rationally.
I don’t personally agree with putting this on his site, but I think I understand why he did it. Besides, since it’s his site, if he regrets it he can always delete it for the “professionalism” aspect. This site doesn’t exactly scream “professionalism” anyways with all the penis joke comics; I doubt that’s anywhere near his primary concern right now.
Well, here’s another thing…why are people giving advice when they’re only hearing one side? If people are saying “well you don’t know what really happened” or “you don’t know him/her”…then does anyone really have a say? Probably not. I just think this whole thing is bogus. If you’re going to do a comic based on this shit then stick with a damned comic and not this page long bull.
As for professionalism, maybe not now, but it’s likely he’ll keep this shit up and by then…employers will be looking into what he does. He can delete this post, but what about his comics?
“Well, here’s another thing…why are people giving advice when they’re only hearing one side?
Its rare that you have every bit of evidence that you need to form a well-founded conclusion for everything in life. There are always little evidentiary gaps you fill with assumptions. I formed conclusions based on the fact that they broke up, that he is talking about her being crazy on the internet, and that he was trying to hurt her back that he was hurt by what she did. Not that much of a bridge.
I also formed conclusions based on personal experience as to what course of action might be best for somebody who was just hurt like that. Of course all people are different, but giving what I deem to be useful personal advice probably wouldn’t hurt.
“Does anybody have a say?” That doesn’t even make sense. A say in what? No, we the commenters don’t know Enzo personally, and he can choose to take or discard whatever advice is given, but all advice is not invalidated automatically because there are missing details in the situation. General advice relating to breakups is still applicable.
“I just think this whole thing is bogus.”
Again, uh what? “this whole thing”=a rant about his ex girlfriend, and what she allegedly did. Stated more clearly you’re either saying: “I think that Enzo writing words is a bad thing because I come here for the funny.” OR “I think that Enzo just made all that shit up.”
“As for professionalism, maybe not now, but it’s likely he’ll keep this shit up and by then…employers will be looking into what he does. He can delete this post, but what about his comics?”
Concern trolling. You weren’t worried about his professional future before this blog post. He’s been in the same situation all along, you just don’t want to read another wall of text. Protip: Don’t read it.
You WERE warned about it you know. More importantly, he is the sole arbiter of content on his site, and if you don’t like it, you leave, otherwise you’re just an annoying troll who goes to sites to complain about them.
Son, I am disappoint.
Uh huh.
Uh huh.
Uh huh.
Someone’s a little touchy here.
I don’t think I’m the only one who doesn’t want to read text while waiting for the next comic. Who said I wasn’t concerned before? Actually, it’s not so much concern as pointing it out. I just didn’t say anything until a whole wall of text got slapped on.
rragh i r cranky. Something about college starting set me off, combined with your somewhat baffling comments.
You can tell I’m touchy because of the caps.
Anyways, I felt like defendin’ Enzo since he’s dealing with some tough shit right now, and the comments here are coming across as being whiny “I don’t like reading words” type things.
I’ll try to be magnanimous here though, and apologize for my obnoxious internet-angriness. I do indeed fit the stereotype of being more rude on the internet.
In retrospect, pretty much all internet arguments are pointless. I sometimes forget this when I am cranky.
dude, your relationship luck is either bad or not there at all.
but hey, at least they werent like every single one of my exes. (who either cheated on me or used me or spread false rumors about me or all of the above….)
but the good news is when you get a really good person, you’ll actually appricate it.
Bitches be crazy. Nuff said.
Enzo, i’m sorry you got hurt. it sounds like this is a bad time to be involved in something so crazy and emotionally consuming, what with you being deep in school and all. best wishes. i hope that you two can make peace. and if you guys can’t i hope you, Enzo, can get over her completely and find someone special. : )
oh, and i’m sorry i replied on the person above. that was not my intention but i am computer illiterate. : ( sorry
Wow… this was… enlightening. I can’t help but feel the credibility of the entire message is put into doubt somewhat when you claim to be worrying about a sore taint while being attacked. I’m glad to hear that you’re now indifferent to any other personal attacks she might try, but if she wants to reach out and maybe be friends again, be willing to give it a chance, though keep in mind the possibility that something like this might happen again. The advice I have to give is going to sound really callous, and that’s because it is. Maybe this is a little to extreme for anybody other than me, but I’m still going to put it out there. Never let anybody get too close, and always remember that anybody might suddenly turn on you at any time. Nobody is really safe to trust. People you respect and admire, people who respect and admire you, and people who you’ve known since you were a toddler are all perfectly capable of breaking you into thousands of tiny little pieces and leaving you for dead. Always remember this about anybody, and never allow yourself to be surprised when anybody, even your own mother, betrays you. Expect it from everybody at any time, and you will never be caught off guard. I warned you it would be callous, but it gets the job done, although it may be a sacrifice most people aren’t willing to make.
U feel indifferent?
That is a good thing and a bad thing. As long as ur indifference stays within the confines of ur past relationship, its all well and good. Were I went wrong was that i let it spread to every part of my life. It still haunts me 2 this day, not as much but its still there. This indifference feeling is alright 2 start with, u just don’t care. It allows u 2 get through this high-tech dog-eat-dog existance, but when it comes 2 outputs like this comic (or i my case, creative writing), u got nothing. U draw blanks, i could barely write 5 lines about how i feel in word. And i could only listen 2 1 song, over and over and over…
Win the battle, Lose the War
I know I’ve played this game before
When people were is real
I don’t want this anymore
It’s time for me to close the door
Theres nothing left to feel…
She acts as if she hates you when she sees you. She cries about you when she’s alone. Over and over again, the circle round. Break the circle. She must cry when she sees you…and make her smile one last time. Then she has smiled, when she sees you. Now you should have peace. (Don’t make her cry by hurting her, it must be in another way)
Or….you wait.
I can not garantee it, of course. But I’m only trying to help….
Even though we are his fans, most of us are strangers to him, so why should he care about what we have to say.
Or is there nobody else who would listen to him, so he felt the need to post it for strangers to read.
I’m not trolling, i feel sorry for him that this happened to him, but posting it on the site seemed a bit pointless. Did he just want to see how we reacted?
cheers man
i said that two days ago – not so clearly probably – and the sympathetic, flat-minded dumbasses on the site called me egocentric. i just can’t get why he posted it if the last sentence is like “Jade, you’re fucked up”
we can’t even feel sorry for him after that, and if you do, you’re missing the point
now this was a bit confusing….
generally I feel sorry for Enzo about 4 break-ups in a row, but not about Jade, cause he simply doesn’t want it. attention whore
If this is why bittersweet irony isn’t working, I’m a little disappointed.
If not, i apologize for my assumption.
like frank says enzo FREEEDOOOM
Yo, dat bitch got nails n shit.
Remember, she may take your life, but she will never take your FRREEEEDOM!
Much as I feel for you, Enzo, the devil’s advocate in me is begging me to ask – if you didn’t like her ‘that way’, to the extent that you broke up over it… why do you give a shit about whether she’s dating or anything now?
At the end of the day, it sounds like you were the one who instigated the break-up (rightly or wrongly, it’s fair enough if it just wasn’t working for you). If that’s the case, then sorry, but she’s allowed to go crawling into some other creep’s arms if she wants.
All the others you’ve quoted are biatches for leaving you and jumping in with someone else. But if you left Jade (seriously man, no breakup is ‘mutual’, much as I like to delude myself otherwise, twice), then she’s a free agent.
All the best, and good luck getting all the shit sorted out, comic books and all. DId you get it back in the end? We’ll still be here reading.
hey wats jades blog, i wanna see the way she responded to the situation lol
Jade’s blog WAS: bittersweetirony.com – I actually went on there once, so I know it’s the right address, but doesn’t seem to be working, for me, anyway.
her blog works. i just tried it.
you cant comment though. probs cause she knows we all want to spam her. mwahaha.
She didn’t say anything about this situation at all. The last thing she said was on the whole pieces of ourselves dealy jobber
Maybe he made it so that she can’t access her own site? You would think she would’ve written SOMETHING about it by now, some life shit or rant…
It’s a Wordpress blog. I think she just imported it from the shared site (since it was being hosted with CUEK) and just reinstalled it at Wordpress and relinked it – links would’ve been broken for the 48 hours while the change occured, and comments are disabled by default. (Yeah, I checked just then too.)
Btw this has been epic haha
I’m not going to offer advice. I just wanted to say I’m looking forward to the new strips that emerge from this, whenever that may happen because we all know you’re busy. =) Good luck with school, and I (and probably many others) look forward to the new work.
enzo -
jade reminds me of one girl who i used to be really good friends with, but i ended up being closer to her ex than to her, cause she was so absoultely freaking insanecrazyperson. if theres any advice i can give you about girls like her, its “stay the fuck away.” break off all ties with her, cause shes going to validate her success on how absolutely MISERABLE she can make you. and you deserve way way better than that. you are a talented artist, and a generally AMAZING human being and youll find someone a hundred thousand times better than her. i promise, things will get better. (:
Well this is Enzo’s site, so if he wants to rant on here none of us could stop him if we wanted to anyway lol. So why not just stop juding him for posting his rant/thoughts/opinions/perspectives/ect on his site? As always its the internet so if you dont like what you’re reading you dont have to view the site lol. the comics are awesome though.
You care for her, other wise you wouldn’t have been bothered to post such a blog =)
Go you. Just… just go you.
Always wanted to post something like this about an ex on the web, just never had the guts to do it.
*Claps for Enzo*
You say you don’t feel anything for her, but you let off a long rant dedicated to her. I think she is still on your mind if you were kind enough to mention her breakup with you on your website. You should have just not said anything about it at all and just do what you do best. That would be frigid and satisfying.
You’re right, actually.
I guess it is impossible to feel absolutely nothing when it comes to something like this, but rest assured, at the very least, I’m no longer bothered by the break-up itself.
Glad to hear it. Onwards to more comics.
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Dear, don’t you think you should remove “jade” from your Friends sidebar?
just wondering. Because she doesn’t seem like your friend anymore.
Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out.
Really? Who says stuff like that? and why would just just come up to you and just try to beat you up. What happened to violence is not the answer and ending it with dignity.
But then again, you don’t have to answer her texts. Sometimes what would make her even more annoyed if you just ignored her.
enzo is such a fucking lad.
Crazy chicks have this draw to them that’s hard to resist. Once you give in, you realize they’re crazy.
Shit sucks. They’re the best in bed, though.
Well like everyone else has said, I’m sure there are multiple sides to the story, but HOLY HELL, she attacked you? This is a little bit beyond being stricken post break-up and is definitely entering totally psychotic territory.
I’m sorry you’ve had to go through this, but didn’t someone say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger or life is all about the experience or something like that?
Anyway it does sound pretty immature and like a low-blow. Hopefully you can cut your losses and get that crazy chick out of your head. Shame though, she was pretty funny in the strip.
Enzo i now respect you even more….
Jade normally, I like your stuff but your sounding like a bitch. Leave him alone and get over it.
Um…this was posted by Enzo :S Jade is long gone
It’s a good thing I never liked her, Isn’t it?
YOU ARE CRYING ABOUT A GIRL, THEREFORE YOU ARE A BITCH
PROVE ME WRONG
owned