I feel like I'm dealing with one of those complex emotional situations that seem SUPER obvious to someone who's uninvolved, and could use an outside opinion. It's always tricky, but I'll try to keep this as succinct as I can, and truly appreciate your time/responses. Thank you!

**Background:** I'm a 21 year old guy. My girlfriend and I broke up in January. She's a gorgeous blonde, and I'm a computer nerd... but we hit it off and were absolutely in love. We dated for 2 1/2 years, my longest relationship by a mile. Left on very good terms, with the option of dating again in the future wide open. We're just both in our early 20's, and didn't want to mess it up... we felt married. We still love one-another, and very sporadically keep in touch. She's an extremely attractive girl, and managed to find a new guy pretty quickly. He's gorgeous, and she's pretty happy. I've had other partners since we split, but haven't dated.

**The Situation:** A mutual friend is throwing a huge party this Saturday. It should be a good time. There will be drinks, LOTS of pretty girls, and I'd really like to go. But my ex is attending... with her new squeeze. Sometimes, I feel like if I saw them together it'd be really hard for me, and that attending would be a terrible idea. Other times, I feel like I'd be able to shake his hand, meet the guy, be polite and nice, and act like it's no biggie. Plus there will be girls to meet, and I haven't been looking very hard since we split.

**The Question/
user
** Is it weird to go to a party with an ex and new guy... or should I ignore it completely?
assistant
I feel like I'm dealing with one of those complex emotional situations that seem SUPER obvious to someone who's uninvolved, and could use an outside opinion. It's always tricky, but I'll try to keep this as succinct as I can, and truly appreciate your time/responses. Thank you!

**Background:** I'm a 21 year old guy. My girlfriend and I broke up in January. She's a gorgeous blonde, and I'm a computer nerd... but we hit it off and were absolutely in love. We dated for 2 1/2 years, my longest relationship by a mile. Left on very good terms, with the option of dating again in the future wide open. We're just both in our early 20's, and didn't want to mess it up... we felt married. We still love one-another, and very sporadically keep in touch. She's an extremely attractive girl, and managed to find a new guy pretty quickly. He's gorgeous, and she's pretty happy. I've had other partners since we split, but haven't dated.

**The Situation:** A mutual friend is throwing a huge party this Saturday. It should be a good time. There will be drinks, LOTS of pretty girls, and I'd really like to go. But my ex is attending... with her new squeeze. Sometimes, I feel like if I saw them together it'd be really hard for me, and that attending would be a terrible idea. Other times, I feel like I'd be able to shake his hand, meet the guy, be polite and nice, and act like it's no biggie. Plus there will be girls to meet, and I haven't been looking very hard since we split.

**The Question/
user
It's been 4 months since we split. Is it time to man up, face that she's with someone, and not let her influence my attendance? Or is this just going to make things harder for me, seeing as I'm *probably* not
assistant