meeting an ex

Meeting a significant other's ex is not very fun. It is true, she is always someone incredibly different from you.

(In my case, usually someone who does not enjoy fuzzy green hats or own a bizarre, misbehaving cat.)

It also never goes well, due to extreme awkwardness and the sneaky feeling that the ex might somehow be superior to you. However, while you are thinking all these negative thoughts, remember the theme of this meeting:

Quietly remembering that you are THE WINNER will help you avoid two prominent examples of natural, embarrassing, ex-induced behavior:

1) the sneaky lap-crawl

2) the monologue

These behaviors are not typical of the winner you are. Just be a nice, cordial, good person. If you start feeling insecure again, consider these analogies. The ex you are talking to probably falls into at least one of them.

Here are the explanations for these analogies:

Geocities: people are embarrassed to say they used it to build a website.
Wordpress: people are excited to use it to build a website now.
Dreamcast: Soon after purchase, people realize that it had no lasting value
N64: Despite time, people look upon it with fondness and nostalgia
Beanie babies: not awesome.
The fact that people no longer collect beanie babies: very awesome.