Ego clashes

Columnist Sapna Bhavnani on how this three-letter word can ruin relationships

Columnist Sapna Bhavnani on how this three-letter word can ruin relationships

the geyser /gey-ser/, adjective:
"used to describe a person who runs mostly hot n sometimes cold."

Background
Lately I've been plagued with the term 'geyser.'u00a0 Well I'm almost sure it's not because of my old age cuz I could give any of your mofo's a run for your money.u00a0 So I asked.
They said it was because of my 'on again off again' relationship with my ole man (ya he is definitely a geyser).u00a0u00a0 Hmmmm...on again off again eh?u00a0 Not that they really matter but they were right.u00a0 In the past year I had been all over the place with my emotions and my decisions seemed affected by them.u00a0 Bad decision!u00a0

Foreground
I'm sure today you are smiling with the sun and looking at your pretty partner and wishing this moment would never end.u00a0 But the good part is that it will end.u00a0 It will be outdated in the next moment when you have a fight and look at your partner and wish you were single.u00a0 And the cycle will continue if you're lucky.u00a0

BackFor Ground
Most of us have this thing, this thing we call "ego."u00a0 If you don't have one, contact me; I'll spare you some.u00a0 It's a bit necessary I think in life because we all know that the good guys get dumped.u00a0 So while you're basking in your bubble of love, this thing called ego kicks in and attempts to burst it in every way it can.u00a0 Some allow it to completely take over and some, well some are a bit sensible.u00a0 I'm one of the stupid ones, or so I thought.u00a0 In my adventures in the 'on n off 'race, I realized that maybe I wasn't so stupid after all.u00a0 Some break up a perfectly sane relationshipu00a0 (I say sane because perfect is too perfect of a word to use for a relationship) and in the name of ego refuse to have any kind of reconciliation.u00a0 They sever all ties and go about their lives like nothing ever happened.u00a0 They pretend that they are ok and that life had something better in store for them.u00a0 Which is a good philosophy but when something better comes along, the same mistakes are repeated and the story continues like it was never told.u00a0 This is where the geyser philosophy comes in handy.u00a0 A geyser, like me, will realize the mistakes made after the break up and then do everything, anything, necessary to repair the damages.u00a0 Sometimes months go by, sometimes only days.u00a0 The ones most affected by the geyser theory are the so-called friends because they don't know how to handle a 'on again off again' relationship.u00a0 But the good part is that they don't have to. The geyser will run hot and stay hot till it gets cold.