Has an ex of yours ended up going out with a friend of yours? When friends and exes mix!
Isn't it the way with love that it gets complicated? And it certainly gets complicated when a friend of yours ends up meeting and falling for an ex of yours.
These complications can be embarrassing on the one hand - but very painful on the other. In my Love Clinic today on iVillage UK I've tackled this dilemma.
TODAY’S TIP: the very first thing you need to do if faced with this situation [before it potentially explodes in your face] is to pick through your many conflicting and competing emotions.
A starting point for this is thinking about who is most important to you - your friend or your ex? Who deserves your loyalty? In most cases I think it's probably your friend but that's not always true.
Once you identify the person who's most important to your life today you'll be able to start sifting through your different emotions - for instance, any guilt you feel, anger, bitterness, jealousy, etc. - deciding which are much most important and how to deal with them in terms of the most significant person to you in all these.
If you're going through this definitely check out my article later.
Loved the screening of new film The Sessions last night - stars William H. Macy, Helen Hunt and John Hawkes - and is the incredibly moving, touching and tear jerking story of Mark O'Brien paralyzed lately by polio and his search for love and sexual contact. I fear this small film will be seen by enough people!
Take care, Pamx