Have you ever found yourself on a first date with your ex?
My
first serious attempt at dating someone after I broke up (for the final time)
with my ex was with a guy named Jacob. I had met him on plenty of fish and
after several email exchanges we decided to meet up. He was a creative writer
(same as my ex) and he was going to attend a conference/convention for
writers at a hotel near my house. We both thought we would take his proximity
to our benefit and meet at the hotel for coffee during one of his breaks. He
met me at my car and then we walked to the hotel together. While walking I
noticed that he was wearing jeans, a dark pin stripped button up, and
black shoes with a white logo. Exactly the kind of outfit my ex would wear and
literally the same exact shoes. I shook it off as an odd coincidence…
Over coffee, I realized that it wasn’t just the clothes. The way
he talked, the questions he asked, how he talked about himself, how he
interacted with the other writers, his expressions, the color of his hair, the glasses… all of it was the same. At one point an
author that he especially admired walked by and he excused himself to say hi. The
way that he approached him, what he said about the author and what he said about
himself was all the same. His body language was exactly the same.
I didn’t stay too long, and went home totally weirded out. When
he called me the next day to ask me out on another date I knew I couldn’t go
through with it. Instead of telling him that he was my ex in a different body I
lied and told him that I wasn’t ready to date again and that I was still hurt
from my ex. The sad part was he was super sweet and considerate, but I
never saw him again.
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