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Monday, June 02, 2008

The Past Comes Back...

With setting up my new Frog Kissers store, my book has been on my mind the past few days. So it was unsettling this morning to get an e-mail from one of the guys who inspired me to write the book in the first place.

One of the last frogs I dated before deciding to figure out why I always dated emotionally unavailable men who didn't want to admit they were dating me has kept me on his e-mail list these last five years. The group e-mail I received this morning was to announce his and his wife's housewarming party.

That's not really the part that has me a little wigged out. No. What has me wigged out is that he has moved into my neighborhood (he lived in DC when we dated). Yep. He moved in just down the street, apparently. Knowing my luck, this means I'll run into him all the time. ugh. I'm not sure I want to.

I'm not sure why I'm feeling so weird about this. We dated for a couple of months a very long time ago. I'm married to a wonderful, wonderful man now. So no biggie. This other guy is just a reminder of what I was willing to accept in so-called relationships, and it hurts a bit to have it right there in front of me.

But I will move on. It feels good just to get this off my chest. Now I'm going to finish having morning coffee with the beautiful, sensitive, generous man who sits by my side every morning.

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posted by Susan @ 6:05 AM 

1 Comments:

Blogger K J Gillenwater said...

Yay to the new posts...Oh, Susan, how I've missed you.

As for the ex moving in down the street, that would freak me out, too. Probably because I didn't date a whole lot, so my list of dates is pretty short, and I spent a lot of mental energy on each and every one of them. Although the relationships were short, my feelings and the amount of time I spent over-analyzing and replaying events was much, much longer.

I think the first meeting will be awkward. After that, you will have spent out that nervousness, that weird feeling...and it will just be another part of your past that, thank goodness, is part of your past.

Personally, I feel sorry for the guy's wife. You are a fabulous person, Susan...I can't imagine any guy not digging you. :-)

6/10/2008 5:22 PM  

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