The following are pretty close-to-actual comments made by my ex-husband before the ex part came to be….

1. “I wouldn’t have to lie to you if you didn’t make me feel ashamed of everything I do.”
2. “Sex is not about intimacy or emotion for me, it’s just physical.”
3. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there when you woke up from surgery, I had to check on work and got stuck there for an hour. You understand, right, I mean you were under anesthesia anyways.”
4. “Do I think you look pretty in that dress? Um, well, I think all women are pretty, so it’s really not an individual matter.”
5. “I didn’t mean to get drunk and pee on your sister while she was sleeping, it won’t happen again.”
6. “I worry about you getting hurt and me having to push you around in a wheelchair for the rest of our lives.”
7. “I don’t think I was ever truly in love with you.”
8. “But she’s a lesbian – it can’t be considered an emotional affair if she has a girlfriend! And I don’t even remember those emails, so it doesn’t count!”
9. “I didn’t realize how unacceptable my sexual affair with my employee was because you were still willing to talk to me, so I thought it was ok.”
10. “I don’t know what happened to your diamond engagement ring.”

In closing, you know what they say abut hindsight and organizing your thoughts into lists.