Breakups

<p>After a breakup, an ex should be required by law to board a flight to a distant country, start a new life there, and never return. Unfortunately this law does not exist (yet!). And, no matter how messy the breakup, our exes are legally allowed to exist in the same towns or cities as us, just living their damn lives?!?!?!?? And we can run in to them any moment of any day, usually when we&#39;re wearing stained sweatpants and have no makeup on????? The absolute injustice of it all is staggering.</p><h2>Someone <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/exks37/women_of_reddit_what_is_the_most_awkward_run_in/" target="_blank">asked</a> women of Reddit: &quot;what is the most awkward run in you&#39;ve had with your ex?&quot;</h2><h2>These 22 women who&#39;ve lived everyone&#39;s nightmare of bumping into an ex at the worst possible place and time share their stories:</h2><p>1.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/spookyhellkitten/">spookyhellkitten</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I went to show given by a friends band and in the opening act were 3 of my ex boyfriends. I didn&#39;t even know that they all knew each other - I lived in a major city so how the f did that even happen?? It was just all around awkward af. Especially when each noticed me in the crowd. I literally turned to my friend I went with and said, &quot;I&#39;ve slept with 3/4 of that band. Please kill me.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>2.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/nafafonafafofo/">nafafonafafofo</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I had just left the gym, so I was sweaty and gross. Had to stop at the grocery store on my way home. He was there with his girlfriend, who saw me first and called my name. She was also my ex best friend and was pregnant with his baby at the time, so that was awkward.</p> </blockquote><p>3.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/retroredhead/">retroredhead</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>When my mum died, my ex&#39;s mum came to the funeral, insisted on taking a selfie with me, and then sent it to him. We&#39;d been broken up for six years at that point and were not in contact. So, not a direct run in, but definitely the most awkward moment of my life so far.</p> </blockquote><p>4.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kyrira1789/">kyrira1789</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>College senior year. I was supposed to go to the a college military ball with my bf when he ghosted me. Turns out he took the person he was cheating on me with instead. He never told me.</p> <p>Was out on the town drowning my sorrows when he walked in with his new gf. He saw me, turned white, and ran leaving his new gf standing there confused. There&#39;s a certain satisfaction when you watch a 6&#39;3&quot; 240lb man run from a bar in an effort to get away.</p> <p>Never saw him again.</p> </blockquote><p>5.) From [deleted]:</p><blockquote> <p>The city I lived in with my boyfriend was under lockdown due to a terrorist attack. We run home through back alleys and make it home safely. I suddenly get a call: It&#39;s my ex visiting my country and city and he&#39;s kinda trapped because public transport has shut down as well and he can&#39;t reach his inner city hotel.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>My boyfriend offers to pick him up on his motorcycle, but the streets to the city centre are blocked. The end: We had him (and my brother&#39;s ex too - long story) over for the night in our tiny tiny apartment while helicopters were flying over our heads. Most awkward night ever.</p> </blockquote><p>6.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Dillymom01/">Dillymom01</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I ran into my ex at the mall while Christmas shopping. I was pregnant with my son, the ex walked up and placed his hands on my quite pregnant bump and proceeded to congratulate me. We had been trying to get pregnant when he cheated on me. I controlled myself and told him to get his hands off my body and walked away.</p> </blockquote><p>7.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/leggings4life/">leggings4life</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>(About 1.5 years after we ended a high school relationship) I was checking the boards at a train station, he walked up to check them too. We see each other, he then proceeded to visibly recoil, cover his face with his hands and run past me.</p> <p>I thought we had ended relatively okay, but obviously not for him 🤷🏼&zwj;♀️</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>8.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Applesauce28/">Applesauce28</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I ran into him and his girlfriend at the mall while they were picking out an engagement ring for her.</p> </blockquote><p>9.) From [deleted]:</p><blockquote> <p>Ran into an ex about six or seven months after he put a move on me to get back together. He was with his wife and new baby.</p> </blockquote><p>10.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/weirdpotato_3/">weirdpotato_3</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I bumped into my ex around 3yrs after we broke up and I had my 6 month old son with me. He asked if the baby was his 🤔</p> </blockquote><p>11.) From [deleted]:</p><blockquote> <p>My husband and I went to a restaurant while we were dating and ended up getting seated... Right behind my ex, his girlfriend and a friend of theirs.</p> <p>My ex texted the friend, &quot;That&#39;s my first ex,&quot; who loudly read the message and asked who sent it to him. I tried not to laugh.</p> <p>We didn&#39;t acknowledge each other. I think we&#39;d been broken up a year or two at that point.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>12.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/turnonturnoffagain/">turnonturnoffagain</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My ex was a twin. The day after he broke up with me, I ran into his brother on campus (Uni) who was happy to see me, asking me how I was doing, introducing me to his friend (including using the title of &lsquo;my brothers gf).</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I was so shocked and still grieving over the loss of the relationship that I didn&rsquo;t say anything except that I was doing well...and that maybe he should check in with his brother.</p> <p>So not a direct run-in....but awkward nonetheless.</p> </blockquote><p>13.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Betelyn/">Betelyn</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My ex is a close friend of one of my friends so I always see him around. We ended things amicably (I thought) but he&#39;s just super awkward and quiet whenever he&#39;s around me. The reason I broke up with him came down to money and him feeling inadequate because he didn&#39;t have as much as me.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>So, the most awkward run in happened over the Christmas holidays when my friend had a little get together, I brought my current boyfriend and my ex had a bit too much to drink. He was constantly making comments about how I left him because he didn&#39;t have money and the only reason I&#39;m with my current boyfriend is because he does.</p> </blockquote><p>14.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/StabbyMcStabsauce/">StabbyMcStabsauce</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I was working in the mall at one of those novelty restaurants where they drop the lights and all the servers start dancing and singing. I was in the middle of the routine when I look up to see TWO ex boyfriends walk by and make direct eye contact. GREAAAT. Just great. I&#39;m just glad this was before camera phones.</p> </blockquote><p>15.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/maddyya/">maddyya</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>When I decided to visit him and his girlfriend at their estate sale before they moved. I didn&rsquo;t even say anything I just pretended I was shopping. Why did I do that? I&rsquo;m still cringing</p> </blockquote><p>16.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/shockedpikachu123/">shockedpikachu123</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Back on valentines Day 7 years ago I was with my boyfriend then at a sushi dinner at a popular place in town. It was so packed so they made us a table right by the entrance. Well my ex and his girlfriend came and they had to wait in line to be seated at the door, staring at us eat for 15 minutes. It was the most awkward thing ever. And to put the icing on top another ex came strolling in with his friends a few moments later. So two ex encounters one night, I&rsquo;m like this WOULD happen to me.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>17.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/louytwosocks/">louytwosocks</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>My parents were moving out at the end of last summer, and I wasn&rsquo;t able to find a place in time. A friend of mine has his own house with some extra rooms so he offered to let me stay there for free for a while. Right before I was set to move in, he informed me that he had started seeing my ex whom I had dated for 2 years in high school, and only broke up with like a year ago. Ended up staying there for like 2 months.</p> </blockquote><p>18.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LadyBug-01/">LadyBug-01</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>At a resort in Cuba.</p> <p>We were both there the same week at the same resort 1 year after breaking up. He was with all his friends that I hated and they all managed to make a scene when they spotted me.</p> <p>I did not have a very relaxing week</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>19.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/lungwortt/">lungwortt</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I ran into my ex at a bank, we both pretended we didn&#39;t know each other. That night he sent me a dickpic. That was weird.</p> </blockquote><p>20.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Curae/">Curae</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>We both went to a friend&#39;s housewarming party. He stayed at the opposite side of the garden while his new girlfriend sat down next to me.</p> </blockquote><p>21.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RainbowReindeer/">RainbowReindeer</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>He was a police officer, and I&rsquo;d just started my training.</p> <p>We&rsquo;d successfully not bumped into each other for two years. So of course, the one time he was at the training school coincided with the one time I&rsquo;d just had my CS spray training - which involves being sprayed in the face with it, and quickly finding out that my reaction to it involves bright red burns on the face, my eye swelling shut, and specifically only my lower lip becoming absolutely enormous.</p> <p>Yep, walked straight out of that training into him.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>22.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tuulfit/">tuulfit</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>We broke up and went to theatre together 36 hours later since we had bought our own tickets together almost three months earlier. I had cut my hair 18h after break up (I had no idea we wre going to break up, but I had planned shaving my head and cutting off my long hair for almost two months). There we are, going to theatre together, sitting next to each other and I have no hair, like Britney 2007. He thought he was the reason.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

22 women share stories of the most awkward run-in they’ve had with an ex.

After a breakup, an ex should be required by law to board a flight to a distant country, start a new life there, and never return. Unfortunately this law does not exist (yet!). And, no matter how messy the breakup, our exes are legally allowed to exist in the same towns or cities as us, just living their damn lives?!?!?!?? And we can run in to them any moment of any day, usually when we&#39;re wearing stained sweatpants and have no makeup on????? The absolute injustice of it all is staggering.Someone asked women of Reddit: &quot;what is the most awkward run in you&#39;ve had with your ex?&quot;These 22 women who&#39;ve lived everyone&#39;s nightmare of bumping into an ex at the worst possible place and time share their stories:1.) From spookyhellkitten: I went to show given by a friends band and in the opening act were 3 of my ex boyfriends. I didn&#39;t even know that they all knew each other - I lived in a major city so how the f did that even happen?? It was just all around awkward af. Especially when each noticed me in the crowd. I literally turned to my friend I went with and said, &quot;I&#39;ve slept with 3/4 of that band. Please kill me.&quot; 2.) From nafafonafafofo: I had just left the gym, so I was sweaty and gross. Had to stop at the grocery store on my way home. He was there with his girlfriend, who saw me first and called my name. She was also my ex best friend and was pregnant with his baby at the time, so that was awkward. 3.) From retroredhead: When my mum died, my ex&#39;s mum came to the funeral, insisted on taking a selfie with me, and then sent it to him. We&#39;d been broken up for six years at that point and were not in contact. So, not a direct run in, but definitely the most awkward moment of my life so far. 4.) From kyrira1789: College senior year. I was supposed to go to the a college military ball with my bf when he ghosted me. Turns out he took the person he was cheating on me with instead. He never told me. Was out on the town drowning my sorrows when he walked in with his new gf. He saw me, turned white, and ran leaving his new gf standing there confused. There&#39;s a certain satisfaction when you watch a 6&#39;3&quot; 240lb man run from a bar in an effort to get away. Never saw him again. 5.) From [deleted]: The city I lived in with my boyfriend was under lockdown due to a terrorist attack. We run home through back alleys and make it home safely. I suddenly get a call: It&#39;s my ex visiting my country and city and he&#39;s kinda trapped because public transport has shut down as well and he can&#39;t reach his inner city hotel.  My boyfriend offers to pick him up on his motorcycle, but the streets to the city centre are blocked. The end: We had him (and my brother&#39;s ex too - long story) over for the night in our tiny tiny apartment while helicopters were flying over our heads. Most awkward night ever. 6.) From Dillymom01: I ran into my ex at the mall while Christmas shopping. I was pregnant with my son, the ex walked up and placed his hands on my quite pregnant bump and proceeded to congratulate me. We had been trying to get pregnant when he cheated on me. I controlled myself and told him to get his hands off my body and walked away. 7.) From leggings4life: (About 1.5 years after we ended a high school relationship) I was checking the boards at a train station, he walked up to check them too. We see each other, he then proceeded to visibly recoil, cover his face with his hands and run past me. I thought we had ended relatively okay, but obviously not for him 🤷🏼&zwj;♀️ 8.) From Applesauce28: I ran into him and his girlfriend at the mall while they were picking out an engagement ring for her. 9.) From [deleted]: Ran into an ex about six or seven months after he put a move on me to get back together. He was with his wife and new baby. 10.) From weirdpotato_3: I bumped into my ex around 3yrs after we broke up and I had my 6 month old son with me. He asked if the baby was his 🤔 11.) From [deleted]: My husband and I went to a restaurant while we were dating and ended up getting seated... Right behind my ex, his girlfriend and a friend of theirs. My ex texted the friend, &quot;That&#39;s my first ex,&quot; who loudly read the message and asked who sent it to him. I tried not to laugh. We didn&#39;t acknowledge each other. I think we&#39;d been broken up a year or two at that point. 12.) From turnonturnoffagain: My ex was a twin. The day after he broke up with me, I ran into his brother on campus (Uni) who was happy to see me, asking me how I was doing, introducing me to his friend (including using the title of &lsquo;my brothers gf).  I was so shocked and still grieving over the loss of the relationship that I didn&rsquo;t say anything except that I was doing well...and that maybe he should check in with his brother. So not a direct run-in....but awkward nonetheless. 13.) From Betelyn: My ex is a close friend of one of my friends so I always see him around. We ended things amicably (I thought) but he&#39;s just super awkward and quiet whenever he&#39;s around me. The reason I broke up with him came down to money and him feeling inadequate because he didn&#39;t have as much as me.  So, the most awkward run in happened over the Christmas holidays when my friend had a little get together, I brought my current boyfriend and my ex had a bit too much to drink. He was constantly making comments about how I left him because he didn&#39;t have money and the only reason I&#39;m with my current boyfriend is because he does. 14.) From StabbyMcStabsauce: I was working in the mall at one of those novelty restaurants where they drop the lights and all the servers start dancing and singing. I was in the middle of the routine when I look up to see TWO ex boyfriends walk by and make direct eye contact. GREAAAT. Just great. I&#39;m just glad this was before camera phones. 15.) From maddyya: When I decided to visit him and his girlfriend at their estate sale before they moved. I didn&rsquo;t even say anything I just pretended I was shopping. Why did I do that? I&rsquo;m still cringing 16.) From shockedpikachu123: Back on valentines Day 7 years ago I was with my boyfriend then at a sushi dinner at a popular place in town. It was so packed so they made us a table right by the entrance. Well my ex and his girlfriend came and they had to wait in line to be seated at the door, staring at us eat for 15 minutes. It was the most awkward thing ever. And to put the icing on top another ex came strolling in with his friends a few moments later. So two ex encounters one night, I&rsquo;m like this WOULD happen to me. 17.) From louytwosocks: My parents were moving out at the end of last summer, and I wasn&rsquo;t able to find a place in time. A friend of mine has his own house with some extra rooms so he offered to let me stay there for free for a while. Right before I was set to move in, he informed me that he had started seeing my ex whom I had dated for 2 years in high school, and only broke up with like a year ago. Ended up staying there for like 2 months. 18.) From LadyBug-01: At a resort in Cuba. We were both there the same week at the same resort 1 year after breaking up. He was with all his friends that I hated and they all managed to make a scene when they spotted me. I did not have a very relaxing week 19.) From lungwortt: I ran into my ex at a bank, we both pretended we didn&#39;t know each other. That night he sent me a dickpic. That was weird. 20.) From Curae: We both went to a friend&#39;s housewarming party. He stayed at the opposite side of the garden while his new girlfriend sat down next to me. 21.) From RainbowReindeer: He was a police officer, and I&rsquo;d just started my training. We&rsquo;d successfully not bumped into each other for two years. So of course, the one time he was at the training school coincided with the one time I&rsquo;d just had my CS spray training - which involves being sprayed in the face with it, and quickly finding out that my reaction to it involves bright red burns on the face, my eye swelling shut, and specifically only my lower lip becoming absolutely enormous. Yep, walked straight out of that training into him. 22.) From tuulfit: We broke up and went to theatre together 36 hours later since we had bought our own tickets together almost three months earlier. I had cut my hair 18h after break up (I had no idea we wre going to break up, but I had planned shaving my head and cutting off my long hair for almost two months). There we are, going to theatre together, sitting next to each other and I have no hair, like Britney 2007. He thought he was the reason. 

After a breakup, an ex should be required by law to board a flight to a distant country, start a new life there, and never return. Unfortunately this law does not exist (yet!). And, no matter how messy the breakup, our exes are legally...

22 women share stories of the most awkward run-in they’ve had with an ex.

Someone asked women of Reddit: "what is the most awkward run in you've had with your ex?"

These 22 women who've lived everyone's nightmare of bumping into an ex at the worst possible place and time share their stories: