Weds. night I went out with some friends to the "A Taste of San Diego" event which was really just a tour of a bunch of the best restaurants in downtown San Diego. You pay $20 and then you get to sample the signature dishes at 40 of the city's top restaurants. Any way my friend's and I were having a great time eating food and downing drinks while roaming the city streets when who should I run into but my ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
At first when I saw her in La Gran Tapa (a Spanish restaurant) I didn't know what to do so I decided to just pretend I didn't see her. I even ended up going out side just so I could keep up the act which is childish I know but after going through a two year on again off again relationship with her (which ended for the last time 6 months ago) I really felt ackward about talking to her and meeting her new boyfriend. So any way she eventually spots me and comes over with her b/f to say hi.
Damn, I really missed her and I thought I was totally over her, which makes it even worse. I of course wasn't going to let her know that but I have to admit she looked really good. Christine was always a runner but it looks like she'd lost a bit of weight and toned up where as I'd put on a good 15 pounds. To top it off she'd gotten a big raise at work (she just finished her MBA last June) and the new boyfriend actually seemed like a really nice guy though he seemed a good 6-8 years older then her.
She asked me what I was doing in San Diego and how my job in Sacramento was going and I didn't have the balls to tell her I had lost my job. I instead lied and said I was on vacation and the job was going great. Wasn't that shallow of me? I guess I just couldn't admit to her she had progressed much further then me over the last half year. That doesn't even mention how I only had one six week long relationship since Christine and I broke up for the last time, which totally ended up being a drag.
So does anyone else have stories about meeting the ex after you broke up? Did it feel as ackward for you as it did for me? I mean here's someone whom I really honestly thought I was going to marry and who said she felt the same way but now I'm supposed to smile and pretend I like her new boyfriend? Looking back I realize we had a dysfunctional relationship (that's why we broke up so much) and I do want her to be happy but man it got under my skin to see her with another man (especially one so much older). Somebody tell me his or her relationship stories so I can commiserate with you.
At first when I saw her in La Gran Tapa (a Spanish restaurant) I didn't know what to do so I decided to just pretend I didn't see her. I even ended up going out side just so I could keep up the act which is childish I know but after going through a two year on again off again relationship with her (which ended for the last time 6 months ago) I really felt ackward about talking to her and meeting her new boyfriend. So any way she eventually spots me and comes over with her b/f to say hi.
Damn, I really missed her and I thought I was totally over her, which makes it even worse. I of course wasn't going to let her know that but I have to admit she looked really good. Christine was always a runner but it looks like she'd lost a bit of weight and toned up where as I'd put on a good 15 pounds. To top it off she'd gotten a big raise at work (she just finished her MBA last June) and the new boyfriend actually seemed like a really nice guy though he seemed a good 6-8 years older then her.
She asked me what I was doing in San Diego and how my job in Sacramento was going and I didn't have the balls to tell her I had lost my job. I instead lied and said I was on vacation and the job was going great. Wasn't that shallow of me? I guess I just couldn't admit to her she had progressed much further then me over the last half year. That doesn't even mention how I only had one six week long relationship since Christine and I broke up for the last time, which totally ended up being a drag.
So does anyone else have stories about meeting the ex after you broke up? Did it feel as ackward for you as it did for me? I mean here's someone whom I really honestly thought I was going to marry and who said she felt the same way but now I'm supposed to smile and pretend I like her new boyfriend? Looking back I realize we had a dysfunctional relationship (that's why we broke up so much) and I do want her to be happy but man it got under my skin to see her with another man (especially one so much older). Somebody tell me his or her relationship stories so I can commiserate with you.
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