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This weekend was Near Miss day, which commemorates March 23, 1989—a day when a giant asteroid missed the earth by a mere 500,000 miles. That may seem like it didn’t come close, but considering how massive the universe is, it came alarmingly close, and posed one of the greatest risks that could have wiped out mankind for good. So, my rather dramatic brain started to think about all of the relationships I nearly stayed in that could have wiped out my chance at a happy life, for good. In a way, many of my exes were asteroids just trying to shatter my future. Don’t you sometimes look at some of your past relationships and think, “Phew. That was a close one!” At one point, you really considered spending your life with that person. Hopefully, today, you’ve found a life that you love and that so clearly could have never existed had you stayed with those exes. But, you almost stayed. You really did. It was a near miss. In commemoration of Near Miss Day, let’s look at the relationships you’re glad you escaped with your dignity.
The super jealous guy
I had a very jealous boyfriend once, as I’m sure many of us once did—possessiveness is easily mistaken for love. For a while, I really let him believe I was “bad” for simply hugging my male friends. For a moment, I thought it was normal that he asked me not to hang out with other men without him there to chaperone. Woah.
