Just In Case, Unexpected EX Encounters, What's the Best Action?

[In Sync]

Ok, so now I want to be prepeared now for any unexpected encounters that may occur in this city NYC. It would be my luck to run into him when I least expect it and I would get flustered and s***. SO like a good girl scout what's a good course of action. Naturally if I see him first I'm outta there. But have any of you experienced unexpected run-in and how did you handle it without getting thrown. At this point I definitely avoid any places I may have a slightest inkling I could run into my ex at, movie theatres clothing stores, subway lines,certain city blocks (AND I'M TALKING NYC, even in this city of 8 million one is bound to run into someone you know unexpectedly) I figured I would rather go out of my way than run into him but still, my luck would have it that I could run into him. Would did you acknowledge your ex in unexpected encounters?

[mini696]

Stop living your life in fear for a start.

 

If you see him... Talk to him naturally, dont exchange numbers or addresses, just treat it like he is another aquaintence you ran into.

[chocolate_boy]

I saw her three weeks back with my friend, friend said hi and she blanked me.. nice.

[bendit]

If one really wants to be rid of the drama, and that is a very open question for some, then you say "Hi, GOTTA RUN, it was nice bumping into you, but I am running late for something..." and if you have a watch point to it and just move on...don't worry about seeming rude. If you stay and chat, you Will say something dumb, you Will reveal something you didn't intend to reveal, and you Will hear something you didn't want to hear. I GArunTEE it. ;-)

 

I know its NOT what a lot of you want to hear but this is what you are supposed to do if you are maintaing NC.

 

regards

[slubberdegullion]

For a moment there I thought this thread was about meeting an extraterrestrial.

 

Then again, maybe it is.

 

At any rate, unless you and your ex live a long way from each other, you're bound to bump into them in the mall or the grocery store or whatever. A simple nod, smile and maybe even a "hello" is fine, but more than that is asking for trouble.

[JS17]

I used to live in terror that I would run into my ex. We grew up in the same town and for a while I was avoiding going home to see my family. NYC is a smaller city than most would think, you are bound to run into them. I was making myself crazy looking around everywhere I went until I finally had to tell myself this was rediculous and I couldn't live like that anymore. If I ever saw him again I would say hi and walk right by him. I'm sure he wouldn't acknowledge my existence but at least I would know I was doing the right thing. Don't live in fear of it, just go about your daily life as if they never existed.

 

If it were my college or HS bf I would probably want to stop and chat for hours with them. They were good guys.

[Outcast]

You may be surprised at your reaction. I saw mine after a couple of years. I burst out laughing, said 'oh fergawdsakes' and then asked how things were going. Didn't feel thing one. Saw a wedding ring - didn't care. Was, if anything, relieved in the 'thank God I dodged that bullet' way.