Do you ever run into any of your Ex's?

@ilyzium (1197)
Canada
November 14, 2009 10:41am CST
At some time or another, I think most of us will inevitably run into an ex, without meaning to. What do you do when this happens? Do you pretend that you didn't see him/her and walk the other way? Will you go up to him and start a conversation? Are you conscious of how good/bad you look in front of them? I have one ex that I run into every Xmas, he's French, well dressed, very successful and in love with himself. Though I don't have any feelings for him at all because he's quite an egomaniac, I'm always conscious of how I look in front of him and I want to look my best, especially when my husband is with me. Almost as if I'm saying "see you what you could have had". How about you? Do tell...
3 responses
• Malaysia
16 Nov 09
Yes, I've run into one of my exes quite a number of times before. It's coincidence that we worked in the same building after we split. Normally, I would act as normal and nothing happened, but he would pretend that he didn't see me, so, I didn't bother either. My hubby, who was my boyfriend at that time, was the one who would usually alert me if the ex happened to pass by. Sometimes, it was a bit annoying, but maybe he just wanted to see my reaction. A few years after I got married, I changed to another working place and to my surprise, another exes of mine worked in the same building as well. We had a very special relationship and understanding, so, whenever we met we could just be friends, laughed and talked like normal. He was already married and the first few weeks when he saw me, he talked about marriage life. It's just a normal conversation. Sometimes, I knew he wanted to talk about old times, but I never gave him a chance to talk about it he he...
@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
16 Nov 09
Oh wow what a coincidence running into a second ex that way!! Well, that's nice that you two could be friends, and that he didn't have any ulterior motive or anything to try to get you back. Yeah not really good to reminisce about old times, because you never know...feelings just might come back.
16 Nov 09
it's not a good thing to do if you run to your ex because there is a very big possibility that the feelings will come again..though,remembering your moments together is nice thing to do but running into your ex sounds like awkward... you cannot move on if you find way to be with him still.
@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
16 Nov 09
Yeah I guess it's that risk you take when you do inadvertently run into an ex isn't it? Well, every year at XMAS I run into that ex, because we have these mutual friends. Since we had a volatile relationship, I don't really have that many pleasant memories and I always pity his "flavor of the month" girlfriend.
@MJay101 (710)
14 Nov 09
I ran into an ex the other day... IN MY LAND ROVER! See how you like THAT! Well, not really. I think it's important to move on. If I did run into an ex, I'd be interested to know what they were up to - but not self-conscious. (I'm not a well-dressed Frenchman, by the way.)
@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
15 Nov 09
I take it that you didn't have your Land Rover when you had the ex...? Yeah it is important to move on, no point in pining for something that's no longer there. The funny thing is that last year when i ran into the Frenchman I was not looking my best, now I am big time so he'll see the new me when he runs into me, which he will as we have mutual friends. It's not like I have feelings for him or anything at all, he's just very pompous with his big ego.