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If you google exes, what's the weirdest thing you find?

63 replies

NotQuiteCockney · 22/11/2006 21:30

For me: a v significant ex is editing a collection of erotic fiction.

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VanillaMilkshake · 22/11/2006 21:39

For me the sad little twit is working for BT in and has apparently devoted his desk to Isla Fisher . Although the post thing I found was dated 2000

Carmenere · 22/11/2006 21:39

One of mine is a minor actor and has bit parts in a few movies. I used to hate him but now I wish him well as I like his wife.

morningpaper · 22/11/2006 21:40

ooh one of mine is a professional dance instructor! There are videos with him doing his thang

others are all dull

poshgirlformerlymaggiesmama · 22/11/2006 21:42

yeah, i got invoved with an actor last year. and he frickin broke my heart. takes all my strenght not to ggogle him. trust me to get involved with someone i can see ont telly all the time. d'oh

Pruni · 22/11/2006 21:49

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FrayedKnot · 22/11/2006 21:51

I just found out someone I had a very short relationship with died in an accident in 2004.

I feel quite weird about it

But the weirdest thing is one of my best friends also had a relationship with him too (these were uni years, swapping was acceptable ) and she has also had a relationship with someone else who died young.

themulledSNOWMANneredjanitor · 22/11/2006 21:54

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zookeeper · 22/11/2006 21:56

and I thought I was the only one who did this!
go to Mouseprices,com and check the value of their property too if you want to be really sad!!!

Carmenere · 22/11/2006 21:58

Oh pgfmm I know just how you feel, I was with my ex for about 3 yrs and he dumped me for my friend, immediately afterwards he was on a Guinness ad, ie on tv all bloody day, every bloody day. I couldn't even drown my sorrows with crap tv

nannyme · 22/11/2006 22:00

Nothing.
surprise? No.

Skribble · 22/11/2006 22:08

How do you find info on them, I get loads of other people with the same name coming up and it would take ages to figure out if any of the hits are my exs.

BoingBoing · 22/11/2006 22:31

One of mine's still doing the same stuff as ever, just a little tubbier and a little more self satisfied. I saw him on BBC breakfast a while back pontificating on something and nearly fell of my chair. Still cute though.

Another found God, never to be seen again - praise be and hallelujah.

NotQuiteCockney · 22/11/2006 22:38

Ah, yes, some are very hard to find, I have exes who are ungoogleable (like me, tbh ), the name is just too popular.

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cece · 22/11/2006 23:00

one of mine plays rugby for England

lou33 · 22/11/2006 23:02

one of mine looks like an evil bad tempered hobbit

Blondilocks · 22/11/2006 23:06

For the latest's name I get 264 million hits!

Not sure if any are actually him tho!

rydercup · 22/11/2006 23:08

What an interesting exercise - juat found out one of mine is a dentist.........just up the road from where my dad lives....eeeeekkkkkkk!!!! Hardly a claim to fame though eh?

Skribble · 22/11/2006 23:11

I get 528,000 for DH, for me I get 4 .

PinkTinsel · 22/11/2006 23:26

i'm almost embarressed to admit this but i can't for the life of me remember most of my exes surnames

the only one i can rememeber is the guy i was with right before dp and thats because everyone called him by his surname!

Gingerbear · 22/11/2006 23:30

One of mine is a Professor at Reading University.
He looks very Bill Gates like now, he was so good looking when he was 17!
Another (not ex, but best friend from school) is an actor who has been on heartbeat,Brookside, Corrie and Merseybeat.
Yet another is an oil baron in Texas. (well, not quite, but he has made a lot of money from refining oil)

Skribble · 23/11/2006 00:16

Hey some I can't recall first names .

BoingBoing · 23/11/2006 08:28

You asked their names?!

Callisto · 23/11/2006 08:45

And don't you think that you're all a bit weird for googling ex boyfriends in the first place?

NotQuiteCockney · 23/11/2006 11:16

I don't think it's that weird to google exes. There's someone I went out with for years, and haven't spoken to for even longer, but I do wonder what he's up to.

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lemonaid · 23/11/2006 12:00

Hadn't done this before, but can now report back that mine has TRULY horrendous taste in shirts and ties (and no idea how to combine them). (smug )

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