Advice on seeing ex out!!!

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I will be going to this party(fund raiser) Saturday night with 2 other friends of mine and I'm sure the heart-stabbing wicked witch of the north will be there. I'm already getting nervous about going, (I'm sure TrimReaper knows where I'm coming from with this nervous sh!t) and I just want to know if you guys have DonJuan tips on what to do if I come face to face with IT?? I know her family will be there as well and we get along great as well as her friends are my friends as well, (One of the bad things about living in small town). The only reason I'm going is that my friend payed $50 for my ticket and I've already had several girls tell me that there will be plenty of other girls there and thats usually the type of party where girls with brains and $$ go.

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Damn right about the nervous stuff! The first two shrinks I saw were located where the ex moved ten days ago, a town on the river with a lot of shops, professional offices and lots of sidewalks. I thought about how bad it would be to see her. I've lost weight, look like I've been sleeping three hours a night for six weeks(which I have), and could have had to answer the question "So what are you doing down here?"

If you have to talk to her, my advice is to act how you want to act Rob. If that means being honest and telling her you feel like hurling, then go for it. If you want to lie, go for it. If you want to act stoic, then do that. The relationship is over and there is no reason not to do what ever the hell you want.

When you get there, keep asking yourself this question "How can I have as much fun as possible tonight?" Keep at it and you'll put yourself in the best possible situation.
 

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yes you will be nervous.

My advice would be to try and NOT focus on her. Think about what you are going to do, who you are going to see - what kinds of people you will be around.

You need to focus on you - be selfish - and not on her.

You cannot prevent bumping into her - but you should try and control it's effect on you.
 

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Whenever I discover a fear of mine, I take it head on. I was in the same position as you once. I ran into my ex at a bar. There she was, and she had all the power. It was at that moment I put my balls in my hand, walked up to her and said "Hey, how's it going?" Yeah, I was nervous. I never wanted to see the b1tch again, but I wanted my life back. I didn't want to be living in fear of her for years to come. So I took it head on.

You know what happened? I threw her completely off guard. SHE became the one who was nervous in my presence. She was stumbling to make conversation while I was just treating her like some aquaintance. The conversation she was trying to maintain wasn't important. I was busy looking around for people I knew while she was trying to keep my attention.

I turned the fvcking tables. I took the power away that she once had over me. It felt GREAT and I killed my fear of her. She was just a dumb girl.

You know what happened a few months later? She wanted to go back out with me. FVCK THAT. I told her where I was gonna be if she wanted to chat. She showed up, sat and waited for me to come and chat with her, but I was too busy sarging other women! She missed out on a great guy, and it felt great to shove it in her face!
 

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Good stuff again des ... at a college reunion I helped set up, my ex was showing up (it was for our student newspaper), and I had to call everyone. I called her and she was stammering like like no tomorrow. I was calm and cool, she was a freaking basket case. At the reunion, she was trying to avoid being in the same room with me (sh-t, she came with her AFC husband), I just rolled with it all and couldn't understand her freaking out ... she was the one who dumped my a$$ (thank God!).

It was great fun turning the tables, some other women showed up and I was flirting with them.

The key in running into the ex is the ol' DJ Principle: YOU'RE the prize, not them. Always remember that!

* Good tagline on giving angry women presents -- hilarious! In my AFC days I'd try to give presents to win them back. God, I was a sorry a$$!
 

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It's funny living in a small town cause everybody knows everybody. And my ex was probably one of the most well known biotches in this town. Ever since we quit going out everybody that knows her, including some of her best friends, have told me that breaking up with her was a "blessing in disguise"! It's amazing that your friends don't tell you about the evil person your going out with until you have to find out for yourself.
In fact my dad just came back from his heart doctor today, whom my ex went out with his son, and he was wondering when the wedding was cause I told him I was going to invite him. But when my dad told him what she did to me he replied "your son is lucky!!" He knew all about her as well cause he told my dad that this is the way she thinks: "it's all about (her name)". This girl put on one hell of a front to me cause I sure as hell didn't see it. I wish I had read the post on here about how to know if you are dating a "Loser" This sign fits her to a tee....

"The Loser" is a type of partner that creates much social, emotional and psychological damage in a relationship. "The Loser" has permanent personality characteristics that create this damage. These are characteristics that they accept simply as the way they are and not a problem or psychological difficulty. In one sense, they have always lived with this personality and behavior, often something they probably learned from their relatives/family. Psychologists usually treat the victims of "The Loser", women or men who arrive at the office severely depressed with their self-confidence and self-esteem totally destroyed.

I think I'm going to try and totally ignore her even if she's standing next to someone I'm talking to. I did this about 3 weeks ago when I saw her in a restaurant and one of the girls that was in our group told me that my ex cornered her in the womens bathroom and started asking her where we were going after dinner and that we should come to the bar that they were going to,.etc,.etc...It really pisses them off when you totally ignore them!!
 

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Go out of your way to have a good time, regardless. Be cordial and charismatic with everyone. If you literally bump into your ex, treat her as if she was an old friend that you haven't seen for a while (act as if you had never dated).

You world doesn't revolve around her and you shouldn't act as if it did.
 

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Cringe factor a go-go having to see the girl again. I work with mine - eech so consider yourself lucky! Actually bumped into her today at the drinks machine and I was pro-actively chatty. Sure, I felt uncomfortable, but like some of the other replies here, I knew I had to confront the situ else she has 'won' and holds power over you still. She must know that you don't care anymore. Ensure you say hi and have brief chat - make sure you sound chirpy and up-beat else again, she'll still be on the ego trip of thinking she's still somewhere on your 'radar'. Most importantly I think you should try and chat/flirt/laugh with as many other girls there - preferably with her seeing. She will hate that and your control and power will return... erm...young Jedi.. ;)
 

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the thing with these things that is hard is that ex's like to know that you are hurting.

its the most wierd evil sh*t, but its true.

for all women's "nurturing" side, man they can be vicious and cruel when they want to.

if you can muster it be cordial. show her the guy she lost. a guy who can rise above it all and who knows that life's bounties are yet to be his, but that they WILL be his.

if you can't rise above it, then i suggest dominating her if she tries to make you feel uncomfortable. the easiest way to do that is to just stare her in the eyes and keep staring her down. men get wierded out and start staring all over the place, and women just keep hitting you over and over when you do that, becuase its a clear sign youll take their crap.

when you stare them dead center in the eyes, its intimidating to them. and even if they try to stare you back and restablish dominance, i've yet to see a woman do that for more than 20-30 seconds max.

also, something very very very important to note in these types of situations....

men's emotions tend to be constant and drawn out. which is to say, if you are pissed, you're pissed for hours, even days, weeks or months. this is why men have such a hard time in these situations, becuase they wear their emotions on their sleeves.

whereas a woman goes through bursts of emotions. women are very very good in awkward situations of become 'miss congeniality'. they will give you the impression that they are the happiest little creature in the world. what you don't see is them leaving and running to the car and bawling their eyes out.

so as men we lack the ability to shove our emotions down our throats and act like everythign is fine and release all that pent up emotion later. we wear our emotions on our sleaves, for better or worse.

which is why if you can't act genuinely mature then i suggest the staring down technique. you know, you could be dealing with a total hb10, but ill tell you something, if you stare her down, she will submit.

who knows whats going through their heads. perhaps they are thinking that you might rape them in the parking lot, who knows. but one thing is for sure, if you stare down a woman, she will break (unless of course she's totally psycho mental, then she'll usually fly into a rage).

J
 

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Hey J,

It seems to me, if you stare them down they will think that you are still attracted to them and they will think they are holding the all the cards again, won't it? This girl has zero emotions, hot on the outside, cold as ice on the inside. Why I didn't see this, ...I don't know. I just wanna do what will cause her the most grief!!

I always wondered why this girl wasn't married in the first place. She's at least an 8 or a 9 and she makes a ton of money. In fact one night I asked her this very question after she kept telling me how I was an anti-social recluse because I got tired of going to every social event in town. She told me the reason she wasn't married was because she was picky.
Remember I live in a town with around 75,000 people in it, so it got kinda boring dressing up and going out, just to be "seen" and meeting the same ole people every time. But thats how this girl grew up so she was used to it.

I'm pretty sure she's back in the saddle again,...ruining someone else's life. It seems there comes a point in time where a woman like this realizes how many mens life's she sh!t on,..doesn't it??

Hell,..I don't know.
 

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For Pete's sake guys, these women are your ex's!!! It's as if you guys want to feel miserable or something. Let 'em go, move on. LIVE BY YOUR OWN MEANS AND STOP ALLOWING THEIR EXISTENCE TO EFFECT YOURS!
 

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your question seems to be how can women be so cold and just move on to the next guy?

the answer is simple.

they are running from themselves. people who have inner issues look to fill their life with drama because they can't face themselves.

a woman will desperate jump from man to man to man, constantly tryign to prove to herself that shes worth something - after all, all these guys are into her.

but once she gets the guys, she knows they will find out who she is and dump her. so she dumps them first.

a lot of women are seriously f*cked in the head this way.

as for the staring, don't stare at them with goo goo eyes. stare at them like you each have a gun and you're waiting to see who draws first. clint eastwood style man.

trust me, even a hard core b*tch will turn away. she'll probably scoff and give you a nasty look, but she will turn away.

and when she does, she will face the last thing she wants to face, the reality that when faced with a confident, strong man, SHE IS NOTHING.

she is nothing more than a parasite, seeking her teeth into the weak men. but when a real man comes along, she can't even hold his stare.

anyway, just my 2 cents.
J
 

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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
For Pete's sake guys, these women are your ex's!!! It's as if you guys want to feel miserable or something. Let 'em go, move on. LIVE BY YOUR OWN MEANS AND STOP ALLOWING THEIR EXISTENCE TO EFFECT YOURS!
Believe me, I am not wanting to feel miserable, but it's only been a few months and the scar has not healed completely. I have moved on and I have way more self confidence than I had 2 months ago but it's just the thought of seeing the knife you got stabbed with that makes me a little nervous!!

I'm sure Trim can back me up here as well....
 

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Originally posted by RobLB
Believe me, I am not wanting to feel miserable, but it's only been a few months and the scar has not healed completely. I have moved on and I have way more self confidence than I had 2 months ago but it's just the thought of seeing the knife you got stabbed with that makes me a little nervous!!

I'm sure Trim can back me up here as well....
You need some new poon, that's all. For almost two years I had lived with ex, now I see her at least a couple times a week. We work for the same company, in the same division, in the same frickin building PLUS we are in the same bike club and have the same friends. When I see her, there are no stabbing knives what so ever. Why? NEW POON!!!!

If I felt that I couldn't see her, I wouldn't taken the position that I have now. Yes, I didn't come to work at this company until after we broke up. And guess what, I'm loving it! It's great because it's readily apparent that she means nothing to me. We don't have lunch together, we don't talk on the phone, she sees me hanging out and having a great time with mutual coworkers, she's hating it. :p

What I'm saying is that it's up to you how you go about having the past effect you. You need to deal with your feelings and move on. Understand that until you do, it will be hard as hell for you to get new poon!
 

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Of course I back you up Rob. There is no way in hell I would want to see my ex. But I'll reiterate what I said earlier, do what you feel like doing. Trust yourself and you are going to do great.

I personally couldn't imagine going to some event where I knew I was going to see the ex. I'm no James Bond. I break down. I'll be the first to admit it here in the glorious anonymity of internet. Hell, I crack whenever I think about taking a shower with her.

It's going to be tough, and it's cool that you can admit that. But I, and I'm sure everybody else on here, am right behind you man.
 

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Yeah , tonight is the night!! I'm just gonna make sure I get a pretty good buzz before I go. My wingy said he was gonna be on the look out for me :D I just hope I see some snap(southern term for hot girl), which I'm sure there will be plenty there. This function is always loaded with women.

I'll post and update tomorrow
 

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The best advice I can give you about an ex is... "Who care's" Why do you worry and get nervous over someone from your past? I really couldn't give a sh*t about mine. I just upgraded to a newer model girlfriend... not as many miles on her plus she looks twice as good. Hope you can do the same. ;)
 

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I got one for you.

REcently broke up with my girl, but we were still talking and hanging out (I know, no lectures). I sensed something different when I came back from overseas, asked her if she was seeing someone else she says "NO!" adamantly denying it.

Three days later I run into her in a club. I see she is OBVIOUSLY with some dude, so I casually walk the other direction. Thirty seconds later, there she is, standing not ten feet in front of me and this dude grabs her and starts making out with her. By this time I make my way for the door to wait for my friend so we can get the hell out of there, and what do you know, there she is again. Had to give her an earfull at that point.

Then the b!tch has the nerve to tell me a few days later in an email that I "jump to conclusions" and that she was "just there hanging out with friends".

Conclusions, my ass. And that's a FUKKED up thing to do in front of your ex. I could have choked her ass then and there. Rude b!tch.

Oh, to answer your question, I would try to avoid contact with her as much as possible. I basically switched my hangout to avoid having to deal with that BS again.
 

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I recall having a very similar topic come up once. A guy here was going to be at a party his recent ex was going to be...and he was pretty upset about the idea of it. I told him what I'm going to tell you and it helped him look at his ex a whole different way. He went to the party, saw her and it didn't bother him at all.

Now, most guys have a really tough time moving on when a girl they THOUGHT they loved leaves them and does them wrong. It's the perceived loss that causes those feelings. Guys need to start looking at this kind of situation using logic, reason and honesty with themselves. That ex girlfriend in and of herself wasn't likely much of a loss. What you really lost was what she represented to you. We all try to make everyone we get involved with fit into our preconceived image of the "ideal mate" for us. That ex girlfriend didn't even actually fit what you consider to be your "ideal". So...you are basically letting yourself be bothered by the loss of nothing but a false hope of what that ex represented to you...what you want...NOT what you had. Hell, you most likely didn't even love her. You just loved the nonexistent ideal mate you tried to convince yourself that she was. If you take an honest look back I'm sure you can pinpoint many ways in which your ex didn't even come close to being what you actually want. It's better to lose the ones who don't fit what you want as quick as possible so you're free to repeat the whole crazy damn process all over again, this time hopefully with better results.

Go have fun at that party and remember that you didn't lose anything you can't live without...so get the hell out there and start living...beginning with that party!
 

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Great advice Wyldfire, Thanks

I actually posted below what happened at the party.
 
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