Last night was a pretty typical night for me. I bumped into an old friend of mine, we chatted and then my ex turns up behind her - seems they're out together for the night. Stiff pleasantries are exchanged between me and the ex.
A friend I'm out with a few minutes later turns up at my side. I introduce those I'm chatting too.
"This is C....... an old friend. This is M......., an ex of mine."
My ex turns away with a disapproving snigger.
"What's wrong?" I ask, peeved that within five minutes she's already found something to belittle me over.
"The way you introduced me. It's really funny". She responds with contempt, her sniggers continuing.
"Well, how exactly would you like me to introduce you for future reference?!"
She replies by stating her name.
"But you are my ex and I was putting you into context for my friend. You're not just M....... to me because you're more than that. Saying you're my ex shows that you're more than some random person I've met this evening that I'm introducing"
Clearly my ex thinks differently. But then she holds contempt of me like I'm forever meant to be atoning for something and probably enjoys finding whatever fault she can to pick me apart.
I ask GGF, my flatmate and work colleague for their opinion on the matter. Was I in the wrong I ask?
It seems not. They agree that when introducing those you know to friends, you do invariably put them into context of how you know them including exes, because the next question will always be 'so how do you know each other?'
I think my ex was being way OTT and I will be doing exactly the same again next time.
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