Life Lessons 909

I told you that the ex had text me out of the blue but now I will offer the whole story.

He text me last week to see if I was going to be home for the fair. He made a point to bring it up 3 times in our conversation, but like I said in an earlier post, I didn't expect us to even acknowledge one another...wrong!

Friday night I was at the fair and he text me. Again, I tried to make it clear by not responding to certain texts that I wanted no part in continuing the conversation with him. He eventually showed up at the fair as well and we were in 2 different groups the whole night, but in the same area to where he could clearly see me.

Anytime I would walk away, he would text me to ask if I had left the fair. He did this probably 5 or 6 times. When I would say no, he would ask where I was, etc. This went on for 2 hours, until I finally did leave. Of course as I was leaving, he asked me if I was leaving, so I told him he was. He then asked me if I could give him a ride to his car at his house. Giving in as always, I told him I would because I assumed he had ridden with someone to the fair that was now drunk (which turned out to be the case).

Long story short, I ended up going back to the fair to pick him up and take him to his car before I went to one of my friend's house. When I pulled into his drive, he asked me if I would stop by later. So against my better judgement, I did. When I finally got there, it was after 2 in the morning and he immediately started hitting on me. I was there for probably 5 or 10 minutes before I had had enough. I told him I was not there for that and he kept at it so I got up and told him I was leaving. He was clearly angry about it...apparently he doesn't do rejection well, but for that moment, I felt great! I had turned him down and told him that we were over.

We didn't speak again the whole weekend, except for when we passed each other at the fair and he smiled and said hi.

I've learned that he really only contacts me when he wants something, and I'm not down with that. The good news is we won't see each other again until Thanksgiving, so hopefully I can continue to grow stronger from now until then.

When I got back today, I changed his name in my phone to Stronger Than This, just to remind myself that nothing good will come out of talking to him.