Sorry, late blog post for those who care. I had a headache last night, but now I’m better.
Poor Todd. I think we all have that one friend who really just doesn’t understand how oblivious he is to the world.
I love that you guys are discussing ex-awkwardness in the comment section. If you’ve got something to add, please do. We read each and everyone and I try to answer comments when I can. For me personally, it can be weird to hang around with your ex. It goes away with time, but at first, it’s weird. But please, keep the conversations going.
And remember, this weekend Bill and I will be at the WildPig Comic Con. Bill will be doing sketches all weekend. He’s doing sketch card sketches for $5 dollars a piece. I’ll be ringing up your purchases. If you are in the NJ area you can’t miss this show. It’s run by a good friend and the deals are amazing. Please check us out if you can. We’d love to meet you all.
-Dani
It’s only weird if you make it weird. And the best thing about being an ex is making the other person really uncomfortable.
Hopped over from GWS have to say like the comic : ) keep it up!
I act a lot like him with my exes. ._.
What’s there to be uncomfortable about?
Actually it took me and my ex one year to became really awesome friends again. And we are less uncomfortable than when we were together
:D
A good friend taught me the same advice that David H mentions. It’s only weird if you make it weird, which you should do in certain cases. Just saying.
Thanks for the comic, I’m adding it to my bookmarks right now.
I, too, have stumbled over from GWS – sweet comic! Y’all have a new fan!
About seven years ago I broke up with my girlfriend of three years at the beginning of a long, empty summer during which everyone we had known in high school had moved away or was too distanced to hang out with, so we spent the summer hanging out with each other as usual, trying to remember not to hold hands or hug, trying not to finish each other’s sentences, panicking when people asked, “how long have you been dating?” It was about the most awkward summer there ever was.
Somehow we managed to become friends, but the awkwardness has never entirely faded. And then there’s the time my fiancee found herself in the bathroom with that ex and another girl I had been involved with at one time…and she was the only one who knew about both the others…
Yet another one surfing on the GWS wave. I have to say that this comic looks very promising, and right up my alley. Keep up the good work! *Bookmarked*
Haha this is a great Comic. I’m glad I caught it at the beginning…Means I didn’t have to read long to catch up x_x
I’ve never really dealt with ex’s…I tend to avoid the places I know they’ll be…too bad some of them are fairly unpredictable….ah well
On the topic of ex-awkwardness…
Well, my last ex dumped me, and a year and half later it’s still awkward to talk to him, and be alone in the same room. Especially at a friends house who knew how the whole thing started/went/ended. BUT as long as there was another person there, it was fine. I mean, even without the other person there it was fine. It IS partly how weird you make it, but also how weird the other person makes it.
Also, on a side note, I am coming over from GWS and loving every ‘Issue’.
Keep up the good work!
Being around an ex is pretty awkward. Especially if he’s friends with all your friends and is invited to all the same social functions. It’s hard to chat up new prospects with your ex giving you the stink eye from across the room. :/
I’m fine with my exes… even tho most of them are now dating my friends…
I’ve pretty much always been the one to end the relationship but I’m willing to be friends (mostly), so I feel that it’s up to the other person to set the terms for later interactions. If they can’t handle being friends I’ll accept that, if they want to be friendly like Todd then why not, you have to like somebody at least on a friendly level to date them. Besides Todd seems to nice and easy-going to be involved in a messy break up so I see no reason why they couldn’t be friends or at least tolerate each other. And at least he’s not trying to get her back, that is always awkward and uncomfortable *shudder*.
Hanging out with an ex is usually weird in the beginning, and can vary depending on why you broke up. I tend to be friends with my ex’s now, but that’s only because I’m married with 2 kids and they’re alone and miserable. I got the better end of the deal.
AND- I live five minutes away from the convention. Thinking about swinging by! I’ve never actually been to a convention.
I wouldn’t find it particularly awkward with my ex, but he’s bailed out of numerous college reunions when he’s found out I’m going to be there, and has influenced other people to do the same. It kind of sucks. Why the hell would I be awkward around him? It’s not like our lives are inextricably entwined just because we dated for a few years. :-/
Most of my exes, I haven’t seen in years. One, I keep hearing about since he apparently dates friends of my friends and then talks about me….
After breaking up with him, and getting stalked for a month, time with my ex is best avoided. The best part: he doesn’t know why I broke up with him, because he doesn’t know I know that he slept with a (male) friend of ours. I avoid both my ex and this ‘ex’ friend like the plague!
I got an email from my husbands ex-wife (ex meaning ended very badly) wanting us to double date with her and her new husband… Couldn’t get myself to even respond to that one…
Also from GWS Love these so far and I love Jason’s in the last panel lol.
On Ex awkwardness, i actually just went to a hangout that had 2 of my exes in it last night. One I’m fine with we didn’t end on the best terms but it was both of our first relationships so I think that had something to do with it failing, both immature in that experience. The other was a bit weird being around since we dated for 2 years and he cheated on me and apparently kept me hanging on as a backup girl. I pretty much ignored him but he tried talking to me like nothing happened… But before this he’s bailed on parties knowing I’d be there lol
Man, I even get pretty awkward if I pass by a previous crush. If you are with a girlfriend its even worse. The wondering if they are thinking “how did he like that?” or worse “am I a copy of that?” ain’t neat. But at least I keep my paranoia inside these days, until it will bust out of me in a week long drinking session.
My ex story:
So, I had an ex whose relationship with me ended basically when he stopped taking my calls (he also had “trust issues” and didn’t call me his girlfriend while we dated… yeah). So a few years later I was doing one of those online business (kind of like Mary Kay) and called a bunch of people including him to see who wanted in. He was interested and met me to go through the shpeal and he seemed pretty happy with the meeting. I was impressed that he could mature a little and we could get over that awkwardness.
A few days later when I called him to see what he decided, he didn’t answer my call…again. He never called me back, even to just tell me thanks, but no thanks. I guess once a coward, always a coward.
I’m only awkward around one of my ex’s, but whats REALLY awkward is being around my current partners ex.
and we hang around in the same scene so we tend to run into each other a lot.