Holy awkward batman.

raynes

My H and I went to Canadian Tire last night (it's a hardware/stuff store for those south of the boarder) to pick up a laser level and a few other things.

We picked out some things and I went off to find a cart for our stuff.  On the way back, in the aisle perpendicular to where H was with our stuff I ran nearly smack into my HS boyfriend.

We had dated for 4+ years and went to the same university, in the same faculty.  We were going to be together for evar.  I even had a promise ring.  We were for reals yo.  Then, I met my H.  I hung on to HS bf until January and then broke up with him.  I started dating H about a month later and ex-bf was all "anyone but him".  He refused to acknowledge my presence from there on out.  It made for a very awkward 4 years during the rest of our degrees. 

We sorta made eye contact and it was obvious that we both were aware of each other, but man it was awkward.  Oh, and he was with a girl who was obviously pregnant.  So, good for him?

Anywho, that long rambling thing was just me explaining my awkward ex moment.  I'm hoping he didn't move into the area, because, well, that would make for many awkward moments.

Anyone else have awkward ex stories?

vegasgroom

Most people don't travel to hardware stores so sounds like he may be in the area now. :-)

marisah83

My ex of 4 years happens to be my best friend's brother.  I was her MOH, so I saw him at her wedding for the first time since we ended things 3 years ago.  We didn't speak to each other and just avoided each other the entire night.  To make things even MORE awkward, another guy that I dated was also at the wedding, so I had double avoidance duty all night.

raynes

Shhhh vegas, we're not thinking about that part.  It's my hardware store.  It's 400m from my house.  He can't have it.

kd.joseph

Been there done that, In fact one of my ex's worked at Home Depot.

kd.joseph

All my ex's live in Texas..........Ha! I just wanted to say that.

Chi_Chi

My ex still comes to my work to visit, but I always "happen" to be on a conference call at the time. Even if I don't lay my eyes on him, I always feel uneasy and awkward after he leaves.

dazed2confused

I've never run into an ex, believe it or not.  Unless you count FI (but we weren't really ex's.  We met at an internship in undergrad, and then 2 years laster were at the same gradschool).

However, i have had an ex 'hack' into one of our mutual friends computers and try to talk to me abt him...that was interesting.

pirategal03

Hardware stores must be the hot-spots for awkward-ex encounters.

It was at a hardware store where my serious-hs and college boyfriend's dad told me I ruined his life when I broke up with his son.  Yep, his life, the father's.  I'm evidently that damn good. 

stellabbella129

I found myself on a flight to Turkey with my ex in the seat NEXT to me. Dead serious. Turns out his work (DEA) took him to Ankara and I was going to Istanbul to buy some carpets. It was so awkward for the first few hours, like accidentally bumping elbows and uncomfortable shifting for bathroom visits etc, but eventually I just turned to him and was like "so DEA? I remember you saying it was your dream job. Congrats!" and then he relaxed and we talked the rest of the way.

I have to say, it really helped that I had a rock on my finger, as superficial as that sounds. It was like carbon courage.

raynes

stella, wow, that would be hellllla awkward.  Also, I like carbon courage.

pirate, way to go, ruining people's lives.

september's bride

HA! I was there last night too, Raynes.

We "needed" a table saw, according to DH. Ships passing in the night, you and I.

Sorry about the awkward ex moment, though. We'll just think that he did have to travel there, because that was the only store within 100km that had the item he wanted. Just go with it.

LesPaul

Ooh, very awkward, raynes.  My ex-BF's parents (3.5 year relationship before I met DH) live down the street from me.  So there is the risk of an occasional encounter at the grocery store.  Actually, I would welcome it now that I have a significant amount of 'carbon courage' too, and he's miserable with a wife he married 3 weeks into their relationship and a 2 year old.

raynes

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[QUOTE]HA! I was there last night too, Raynes. <strong>We "needed" a table saw</strong>, according to DH. Ships passing in the night, you and I. Sorry about the awkward ex moment, though. We'll just think that he did have to travel there, because that was the only store within 100km that had the item he wanted. Just go with it. :)
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My H "needed" a hammer drill too.  But we looked at it when we first got there, then after that the ex was in that section, so H didn't want to go back there.  Were you at my store??  Too funny.

september's bride

Yep, I was at your store. They didn't have the table saw, so naturally I had to go to more than one store to get it. I like "your" CT the best - it's not dingy and grody like the one closer to me. Blah.

raynes

That's saying something, 'cause its still pretty dingy!  Ha.  The big new one by my work actually has groceries! 

Just outta curiosity, what time were you at the store by me last night?

Night_Sprite

See, Raynes.  This is why you have to have a policy of dating losers who never amount to anything in life, even going to hardware stores.  Although, that hasn't worked out with one of my exes.  

raynes

Damnit NS, I must have missed that lesson in how-to-avoid-awkward-situations class.

AllAboutTheBenjamin

I dated my ex for six years and left him for Ben.  I had dated Ben before, in middle school and in high school, and my ex always hated him.  So when things turned out the way it did, the ex was pretty much not impressed.

After Ben and I got engaged I removed my ex and his brother, mom and dad from my facebook.  The DAY AFTER I did this, I got a passive aggressive email from him about "Well I'm sorry to see that you no longer think I'm worth keeping in touch with," and blah blah blah.  He's sent angry texts to me before about how he hopes that I'm as happy as I say I am, but, I never talk to my ex anyway, so - whatever.

A few months ago I ran into him at the Pita Pit.  It was the first time I'd seen him since the breakup - a year and a half later.  Maybe a little more.  I wanted to ignore him but we were the only two people in there.  Ugh, sucked.  He made awkward small talk and was just really smiley.  Weird.  When I leaned over to sign my receipt I could feel him staring at my engagement ring.

Couldn't get out of there fast enough.

Night_Sprite

Shame on you for having a normal boyfriend in high school.

missy68

.....and that, folks, is all the reason in the world I needed for moving 1600 miles away. Crappy red pickups no longer scare me/make me feel like I'm being stalked.

Plus, now I have cornfields to hide in.

Although, J was the bigger reason, of course.

kpwedkk

Stella - that is extremely awkward, I would have had someone switch seats with me...

sketne25

My ex lives with my mom. No joke. She needed a roommate to make house payments, he wanted to move out of his parents' house. Every visit home is one long awkward moment.

raynes

sketne wins.

nickchick

Wow, super awkward!
Lucky for me my ex moved to another state, so there's no chance of running in to him. but his family is local and knows my family well so i always run into his family. not nearly as awkward as running in to the ex himself.

but my HS ex and i had a very good mutual friend. her wedding was awkward! i was there with my other ex (current bf at the time)and he was ther with his GF and their baby and his parents. he used to get mad when his family would talk to me but i ran in to his mom in the bathroom and gave me a big hug and said how much she missed me and everything. then we walked out like we didn't know each other. lol

but i agree, sketne wins lol

EMT+Paramedic=ourlove

I live 3,000 miles away from my ex FI.  However my parents still live 5 miles from him and his parents.  I haven't really talked to my ex FI since the break up until this past Feb when he emailed me.  We started talking again and I felt bad for him because he really screwed up his life after he left me.  So I was the person he could talk to.  It was fine b/c I didn't have to see him or anything  Well fine until I went back on a visit to my parents.  Went with my brother to his softball game at the park and I'm sitting on the top bleachers in my Northern Arizona Sweatshirt when I see my exMIL walk by. "plz don't notice me plz don't notice me" was my mantra.  But she did.  Very awkward bc it really killed her we broke up!  "BRITTANY!  Omg how are you!"  as she goes in for the hug.  Yeap had to hug her which was a very extended, very looooooong awkward hug.  Then she chatted me up for like ten minutes and I noticed her go for the look-at-the-ring-finger-but-trying-not-to-be-noticed-doing-it.  I wan't engaged yet, so it made things a little less awkward.  but then my ex FI showed up and chatted with me with is friend (that hated me but now loves me) and then went to sit by his ma and she couldn't stop smiling and asking him about me.  Ugh.  A month later I was engaged and that is the last I've heard of my ex.