Expert: PracticalHappiness.com - 9/2/2007

Question
My s/o of two years recently had a party.  He invited his ex-girlfriend of 5 years.  By the way, this was an announcement, not a question, i.e., "How would you feel about my ex attending?"  This made me feel awkward and uncomfortable, but I was pleasant and basically avoided her.  

The party began at 2:00 p.m. and after 8 hours, at about 10:00 p.m., after most of the guests had left, he started hanging out with her.  After about 15 minutes, I felt I was getting upset and chose to leave.  My reasoning was that she had already been there eight hours and I wasn't sure how long this was going to go on (hours?).  

I felt this was the best course of action for myself and all others concerned.  Now he tells me that this is not going to work if I'm going to be jealous, that his ex-wife (alcoholic, married to him for 27 years) and he were never jealous, etc.  

Answer
Hey, Colleen. Thanks for your question. Before I can answer it, I need to know a few things:

1. How old are you and how old is he?
2. What does s/o mean?
3. What is it that you would like to know exactly at this point?

Thanks, and I will follow up.


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