Ego clashes

Columnist Sapna Bhavnani on how this threeletter word can ruin relationships the geyser geyser adjectiveused to describe a person who runs mostly hot n sometimes coldBackgroundLately Ive been plagued with the term geyseru00a0 Well Im almost sure its not because of my old age cuz I could give any of your mofos a run for your moneyu00a0 So I askedThey said it was because of my on again off again relationship with my ole man ya he is definitely a geyseru00a0u00a0 Hmmmmon again off again ehu00a0 Not that they really matter but they were rightu00a0 In the past year I had been all over the place with my emotions and my decisions seemed affected by themu00a0 Bad decisionu00a0 ForegroundIm sure today you are smiling with the sun and looking at your pretty partner and wishing this moment would never endu00a0 But the good part is that it will endu00a0 It will be outdated in the next moment when you have a fight and look at your partner and wish you were singleu00a0 And the cycle will continue if youre luckyu00a0 BackFor GroundMost of us have this thing this thing we call egou00a0 If you dont have one contact me Ill spare you someu00a0 Its a bit necessary I think in life because we all know that the good guys get dumpedu00a0 So while youre basking in your bubble of love this thing called ego kicks in and attempts to burst it in every way it canu00a0 Some allow it to completely take over and some well some are a bit sensibleu00a0 Im one of the stupid ones or so I thoughtu00a0 In my adventures in the on n off race I realized that maybe I wasnt so stupid after allu00a0 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 reconciliationu00a0 They sever all ties and go about their lives like nothing ever happenedu00a0 They pretend that they are ok and that life had something better in store for themu00a0 Which is a good philosophy but when something better comes along the same mistakes are repeated and the story continues like it was never toldu00a0 This is where the geyser philosophy comes in handyu00a0 A geyser like me will realize the mistakes made after the break up and then do everything anything necessary to repair the damagesu00a0 Sometimes months go by sometimes only daysu00a0 The ones most affected by the geyser theory are the socalled friends because they dont know how to handle a on again off again relationshipu00a0 But the good part is that they dont have to The geyser will run hot and stay hot till it gets coldPlayground Once there was a bunny who was perfect in every other way except she wasnt like every other bunnywhen she went for a walk the other bunnies would sometimes call her funny bunnyu00a0 That made her feel very sadso she went home to mummy bunny and mummy bunny took her in her paws and said everything is different no two flowers are the same no two butterflies and no two bunnies And that is why I love you Youre not my funny bunny youre my hunny bunnyBackForPlay GroundWhat does this story have to do with anything you asku00a0 Everythingu00a0 Whether youre a geyser or a psychopath or a egopath or a blah blah blah just remember that underneath all of that we are just like that tshirt from Bangkok that we all love to hateSame Same But Different