You can say 'I wuv u - not' by bestowing your ex's name on a hissing cockroach! nprscottsimon muses on a fundraiser for a Chicago Zoo, and whether the roaches really deserve it.
Which is not to say she didn't get lonely. Or meet some cads, and have some regrets. Or occasionally hurt someone herself.
But I grew to admire how my mother kept regard simmering in her heart for all her exes. She sent cheerful or consoling cards to former loves when she heard they got married; or suffered a loss; or just to share a joke. And although she might gripe about an ex, or tell a funny story at their expense, she spoke well of them all — or most all of them — to me.
As I look back on it now, I think my mother knew I would learn about love from whatever I saw in her. She wanted me to see that even love that sours should include respect and courtesy. The love we've held for someone reflects us, too. Hissing Cockroaches, bless them, tend to fall for other Hissing Cockroaches.
"Mainly I believe this name scheme insults and demeans cockroaches," Amy Dickinson added."This ancient class of insects were on this planet millions of years before humans. Surely, they'll get the last laugh." Maybe naming a Hissing Cockroach for an ex can be seen as a kind of testimonial. The relationship may not last. But we learn, endure, and love all over again.
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