Insulting, maligning, disparaging, sullying. These are the words we use to classify our descriptions of certain other women. These tramps - er, women - are usually dating our friends' ex-boyfriends. It's like that scene from "Sex and the City" when Samantha, one of Carrie's best friends, announces that Natasha is a stupid name. Natasha is Carrie's ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. Of course she has a stupid name. She has to. Do you understand?
My roommate came to me last night, eyes heavy with sadness. "It happened," she said quietly, and it had. Her ex-boyfriend from high school, for whom she still has strong feelings, just told her that he was about to release his new relationship to the public via Facebook.