The ex factor, and the last Tom reference for at least seven days

Maybe once you've been with Tom, you can't ever let go.

Or, maybe Nicole Kidman doesn't understand the term "career suicide."

But how does that work?

I mean, we've all dated mistakes. We've all hung on tooooooo loooooong. We all can admit that it's not cool to have a boyfriend who freaks out over nothing, or one that uses all his 800 minutes leaving two-minute voicemails on your cell phone.

You know what I'm talking about. Yet we defend them when someone makes fun of us for them. Or of them in front of us. Or whatever.

But, I think we all can say with a sharp degree of confidence that if our ex were Tom Cruise, we'd abandon any loyalties we had. Nicole, take note. He's gone off the deep end. He's gone too far. Let 'im go.

Also, on a positive note, I'm making this a Tom and Katie-free zone for the next seven days. Starting right now. I'm too bored with them to say any more.

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