We recently went away and met another couple. Had a drink, had a great laugh in which we found out loads of interesting stuff about these people - as we were walking away DP said:
"oh Steve is a great bloke, he's pretty similar to me actually, split up, two boys .... " oh for fucking hells sake DP, is that really how you define yourself??
You wouldn't find me saying "oh Rachel is very similar to me, split up, two kids .... " errrr why would that shit even enter my head?
I'd be more likely to say
"Rachel is very similar to me, likes horses, works in healthcare, likes to travel .... "
But no, all dp hears is "divorce, two kids" and that's it, he gets dead excited because he apparently didn't realise that there were other people out there who had divorced with kids. No, it's just him and his that are affected by such things. He often dismisses my past relationship as not as serious as his marriage therefore I couldn't possibly been as hurt/damaged as he was. He does it all the time, it's so irritating. The last one was that he was describing a bloke at work:
"I've mentioned him to you before I think .... similar circumstances to me, split with his wife, got two kids to that marriage .... " why is that the first thing that pops into his head???
Same with his cousin - "Oh you'll like Russell, he's a great bloke. Divorced, got a son to that relationship, bit similar to me really." err anything else that might be of interest about this bloke or is that all that there is to know about him then? It's not normal is it.