is it awkward?When the ex is asking for advice on his courted woman?
By asliah
@asliah (11137)
Philippines
August 25, 2012 3:36am CST
greetings to all of you guys,i just really dont know what should i feel last night when my ex boyfriend asked for advice on what he should do on how his new courted woman accept him as a boyfriend,i still have a bit of feelings to my ex,so i dont know if my advice was good or not.is it awkward to you if that will happen to you?what will you do?what will be the good advice if ever this kind of scenario?why?
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20 responses
@deazil (4730)
• United States
25 Aug 12
Is this the ex that treated you so badly? I would tell him he needs to get advice from someone else, that you do no care to advise anyone on their love life. I think he is playing with you and your feelings. Why else would he come to you about something like that? Especially considering how he treated you before. I think he is just trying to make sure you don't forget him. He knows it's harder to get over someone if you keep seeing them around. He's preventing you from forgetting him. He is still trying to control you like he did in the past. And he's succeeding.
@axmorales89 (42)
• United States
29 Aug 12
Good point Deazil. That is exactly what I was trying to point out. Don't let him get the satisfaction of seeing you with a unhappy face. He wants you to think about him.
@Raine38 (12389)
• United States
25 Aug 12
That is awkward, and I might even think that the reason he's asking me for advise (when I know all along that he's got other friends he can ask advise from) is that he's trying to make me jealous, lol!
If I were in that position, I'll say that I cannot help him on that because I have never courted a woman before, lol, and I'll wish him luck and that's it.
@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
17 Oct 12
Yes, it is a bit awkward for me. But maybe he is thinking that you might give him sort of advice on how to avoid doing something wrong as you've been there. I've read somewhere that if you want to improve yourself in that category, you should ask your exes. They will definitely have a piece of advice for you.
@axmorales89 (42)
• United States
29 Aug 12
To me it sounds like he wants to flaunt it in front of you. No bueno. Personally I would just say " I don't think I'm the person to be asking." IF he's asking you it sounds like he also wants to see if it will bother you too. I mean I don't know im so I could be wrong but i would just stay away from the situation. Leave it alone and him too. You'll see that as soon as he realizes what he doesn't have in his life anymore he'll want more off. =]
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
17 Oct 12
Hi asliah...
As long as you still have that feeling for him, you cannot give any good advice for him as a help to court that girl he is courting. Of course, you will pretend as if it is nothing with you but deep in your heart there is still that bitterness.Of course, for me, I am little bit upset if he will ask for my advice knowing that I am still hoping for us to settle everything that we have gone through and hoping that we will start our relationship all over again.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
25 Aug 12
I would find this very awkward and it almost seems a bit disrespecful for him to ask you for this kind of advice. I tend to be a jealous person and it would really bother me to have an ex ask me this kind of advice, especially if I still had feelings for him. To be honest if he asked me, I would probably turn a bit snobby towards him and walk away from the question.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
27 Aug 12
Hello Asliah, Don't answer and yet don't even bother answering to his advice, he really had the nerve to do that after just breaking up with you. he's an animal who doesn't care about what others feel. he should ask his friends and not his ex's. though it's not my problem, am just giving my own point of view. i would never ask ex's if i had problem with a new woman what the heck?!!
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
26 Aug 12
My ex-wife did that to me. She once asked me advice about her new boyfriend. I told her basically, "what are you asking me for?" She did not know what to say. Well, I said, look, don't ask me that stuff. I am done with you after what you did. So figure it out. Yes, it is awkward.
@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
27 Aug 12
may be it'll be little awkward for some people If you still have bit feeling it will not easy for you. He asked you about that matter because he is over about his feeling on you and accept you as friend now and I think it's better than if he trying to avoid or ignoring you. Forget about your feeling and try to give her honest advice, I hope it will work for you
@chantalle25 (208)
• Philippines
25 Aug 12
It is really awkward if your ex would ask that kind of thing. Is he that dumb? or maybe he is just so insensitive that he doesn't even bothered to check if you are still affected or not. It's not good to ask advice from your ex specially if you know that she still has a feeling for you, you would only her her for the second time around.
@spongebob10 (33)
•
26 Aug 12
Of course it is awkward when my ex asking for advice on his new courted woman. For me I will not give him some advice, because if he really want to be accept by the woman he courted, he must do he's best and not asking some advice just to get what he want.
@stoneheart29 (5)
• Philippines
25 Aug 12
In other side if you and your ex become best friend when you break up maybe it's fine to give him advise.But in reality there is that feeling that we are still hurt.I always believe that a wise should not ask his ex if he knows what will be feeling if he do so.
@toniganzon (72533)
• Philippines
25 Aug 12
It would only be awkward if you still have feeling for him. And you clearly stated that you still have.
If it were me and i still have feelings, I would honestly tell my ex to ask somebody else as i'm not comfortable with it. Or I would just tell him, I don't know.
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
25 Aug 12
I haven't experienced ever, to be asked by an ex on how he would be able to win a girl he is courting. Because if ever it happens, i won't give him any advice at all, even if i really have no feelings towards him anymore.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
25 Aug 12
That is really awkward and i have experienced it quite a lot of times,best way would be to advice them ,nothingmore
@else22 (4317)
• India
25 Aug 12
Had I been in his place,I would not have asked you the question,because it might be hurting for you.I wonder how anybody can do so.I have ceased to be the bf of a girl and now trying to replace her with another girl.Then I am asking my ex gf how I can put another girl in her place.Does it not sound awkward or unabashed and hurting?I,for one,can't summon the shamelessness to ask such a question to the girl who was once my girlfriend.
@HomeBase (1153)
• United States
25 Aug 12
For starters, I think that you should tell your ex that you still have feelings for him. If he still has feelings for you, then the two of you can take it from there. If he does NOT have feelings for you, well, that's fine, you're young and there are PLENTY of men out there that want a girl JUST LIKE YOU.
As far as giving your ex advice, to me, it depends really on what type of woman you are. Some women will go along with it and give the man advice, even if it makes her uncomfortable to do so. Some women will NOT give the man any advice.
I have noticed that in life, sometimes if we want to hold on to someone we have to be there for them through the good and bad times. Maybe him and the girl will NOT get together, and he will remember that you were not a hater to him when he asked for this advice about her, so he looks at you as a cool friend. After that, you two might start dating each other again.
On the other hand, you could give him advice and then he gets WITH the girl and leaves you high and dry and you feel stupid for helping him.
This is a tough one. There really is no right or wrong answer.
@jellsiguenza (147)
• Philippines
25 Aug 12
I think it is not proper for a guy to ask his ex about those things. It's very rude of him to do that. Even if you two ended up as friends still I think that's not good. Maybe that guy was just trying to know if you still have feelings for him. Or maybe he still likes you and just testing if you will get jealous. You tell him that what happened between the two of you is over and you don't want to meddle in his life. Tell him that you cannot give him an advice on that matter because the relationship you had with him ended, meaning it didn't work out.