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My boyfirend writes peotry and it is actually quite good. He had stopped posting stuff on his myspace page because he didn't like the responses that he got.

He said that he had posted some poems, so I went and read them. One of them is a poem that I already know, and the other is a love poem obviously written to an ex-girlfriend. He writes about making love to her in teh morning befoe feeding her infant while he lies in bed nest to him and she takes a shower.

It has totally left me burning. It's alright, write the peom, but to post it on your myspace page just seems a little mean. Everyone will know that he is writing love poetry about her and that makes me feel bad.

I wrote him a message saying that it burned to read it, but should I say something further to him. Am I out of line in being upset by this? I wouldn't post love poems about exboyfriends on my pages. That just doesn't seem very nice to me.
Posted on 08/04/08, 10:08 am
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Reply #1 - 08/04/08  11:51am
" I would be burning too, lol...all in a tizzy. But then I would realize that all art draws upon experience. I would see that the lovers of actors need to find a way to be okay with love scenes, and reviews of those scenes that remark upon "raw, seething chemistry," -yikes-that lovers of singers need to find a way to be okay with love songs that aren't about them, etc.

It sounds like you're more upset that he posted it on myspace than you are about him having written it. Do you feel publicly humiliated? Do you think that he intended to humiliate you? "
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Reply #2 - 08/04/08  12:00pm
" That's kind of what I am afraid of. Then again, maybe his friends don't even know we're dating... "
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Reply #3 - 08/04/08  12:07pm
" I'm very sensitive when it comes to that stuff! I would feel the same way! I would have taken it down FOR him THEN yelled at him for disrespecting me like that lol but I have issues! You handled it right. IF he doesn't take it down and it continues to bother you, tell him and if he doesn't respect your feelings,,,,i dont know!
Sorry I dont have good advice. Just KNOW you handled it right!
Huggs "
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Reply #4 - 08/04/08  2:13pm
" So, he called me about something else and I very casually mentioned that it kind of hurt my feelings that he would post something like that. He kind of blew up saying he didn't need this right now then hung up on me. In all fairness, he has some other stuff going on right now. His car's fucked up and he needs it for work. Called me back later, sounded like he thought he had deleted it, but it is still up there. I don't know. I don't feel quite as crazy about it as I did. What are you going to do? "
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