Awkward situations with Exes in the halls..what would you do?

[OK_computer]

If you're walking in opposite directions towards each other and you guys obviously seen each other (quick eye contact). What do you do? (I face this everyday) Personally I keep my head and and keeping telling myself don't look at her until she passes. Or should you flip you cellphone and pretend to text?

Or a quick smile?

 

 

Is it ok to give a smile in NC if you see her? Or just get the hell out of there and not look back til it's clear.

 

What would you do if you guys made eye contact?

[Ordinaryday]

If you're walking in opposite directions towards each other and you guys obviously seen each other (quick eye contact). What do you do? (I face this everyday) Personally I keep my head and and keeping telling myself don't look at her until she passes. Or should you flip you cellphone and pretend to text?

Or a quick smile?

 

 

Is it ok to give a smile in NC if you see her? Or just get the hell out of there and not look back til it's clear.

 

What would you do if you guys made eye contact?

 

for one, TRY to avoid going to any place where your ex will be. I have heard all the excuses from people "yeah, but we go to the same uni/school" "we live in the same town" "we shop at the same store" etc and they are just excuses! nothing but!

 

change the store you shop at, if you go to the same uni try to hang out at a different location/dont book into any classes with her/if by chance she is in one of your classes CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT ONE and so on.

 

try to avoid them.

 

and if by offchance you DO see them turn your head the other way, pretend you dont see them and keep walking. dont say anything. hope they dont see you.

 

if they do see you and say "hi" just ignore it. if they try to engage you in a conversation (which they most likely wont if they are the dumper) just simply say "I have nothing to say to you" and then keep walking.

 

following this has always worked for me.

[David87]

If you bump into your ex I think it's polite to say ''hi'' and nothing more. But the better thing to do is to avoid them as much as possible.

[Ordinaryday]

If you bump into your ex I think it's polite to say ''hi'' and nothing more. But the better thing to do is to avoid them as much as possible.

 

I don't advocate the "hi" and people say this makes me bitter or something, but I dont believe in saying "hi" to a dumper because a simple "hi" may give them the impression that things are okay between them, that I am 'fine' with them and it may ease their guilt.

 

they have every right to dump me. but if they think I will have even one second for them after they are dreaming

[OK_computer]

I was thinking of a nonchalant hi or a smile or nod..but she dumped me and treated me like **** after. By the off chance I see her alone in the school hall way..I want to yell "b****" or something but always control my groove. Argh it's so damn annoying to have to see them.

[Smarty Pants]

If she treated you like ****, ignore her. No point in being polite if she wasn't polite to you.

 

Don't bother with the phone thing. They know it's fake.

[d0nnivain]

Do you acknowledge every person you pass in a hall? Of course not. Do nothing. Pretend like you don't know the EX. Don't hide behind a phone. Don't change directions. Continue walking & act like the EX doesn't exist.

[OK_computer]

Funny the last thing I said go her was you don't exist to me. Ive been making due to that statement but at times I do miss her. Thanks guys...really

[Always Pondering]

What I'd like to say I'd do is what d0nnivain said. All I know is I wouldn't do that phone thing or try to shift directions really quickly. I can't speak out of experience though because I haven't seen my ex in over a year.

 

Of course, the odds of this happening in my case are about 0.01% because the places we like to go are probably very different, we no longer have mutual friends that we'd both hang out with and the chances of going to the same supermarket at the same time while being in the same aisle on that same exact day is well, ridiculously low.

[Simon Phoenix]

Do nothing. Like d0nnivain said, just look forward and walk like a normal person. Don't create drama where there is none. She's just somebody that you used to know (cue Gotye).

[OK_computer]

for one, TRY to avoid going to any place where your ex will be. I have heard all the excuses from people "yeah, but we go to the same uni/school" "we live in the same town" "we shop at the same store" etc and they are just excuses! nothing but!

 

change the store you shop at, if you go to the same uni try to hang out at a different location/dont book into any classes with her/if by chance she is in one of your classes CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT ONE and so on.

 

try to avoid them.

 

and if by offchance you DO see them turn your head the other way, pretend you dont see them and keep walking. dont say anything. hope they dont see you.

 

if they do see you and say "hi" just ignore it. if they try to engage you in a conversation (which they most likely wont if they are the dumper) just simply say "I have nothing to say to you" and then keep walking.

 

following this has always worked for me.

 

Thanks OD. Ill try my best to avoid her at all costs. But we're in the same classes. These days I sit up front so I can't see her