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Having dinner with your ex is pretty interesting
Having dinner with your ex is pretty interesting. Had I known this I might’ve done it sooner.
Instead of a fresh-faced coincidental run into each other over the weekend, we had to settle for the low hum of after-work. We were a bit drained mentally but the novelty of the situation had us intrigued about what was new.
In short, nothing. Nothing was new. Like the new fall lineup of shows, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before. But it’s packaged in a new context so you think it’s fresh without it being too alien.
Familiarity in a certain context can be a very dangerous, regretful thing.
We spoke about our mutual friends that we hoped would get back together. I grew reticent on that point, explaining that I wasn’t sure that they had escaped the reason they broke up in the past. And if they hadn’t changed enough, then what would be the point of them getting back together?
However, I knew my dining partner had changed a bit. Aside from what she told me about quitting her job, she had become more outgoing. She drinks! Socially, but still. She never used to drink except if there was rum cream and a really good excuse.
But that was always my thing with her. It was very clear who she wanted to be but it was as if she would never give herself…
