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" There comes a time in every woman&amp;amp;#8217;s life when you know a run-in with your boyfriend&amp;amp;#8217;s ex is going to happen. Weddings, college reunions, high school friends&amp;amp;#8217; birthday parties: The woman your man once loved is out there, and you&amp;amp;#8217;re gonna have to meet her. But this doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t have to be the completely dreadful experience you&amp;amp;#8217;re imagining! Here are some simple rules to make this run-in as not traumatizing as humanly possible. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t ask your boyfriend the details of their breakup right before meeting her. It&amp;amp;#8217;s the same reason you should never watch Food, Inc.: Ignorance is bliss. Do mentally prepare. Come up with a few stock questions and then an exit strategy so that the conversation can be friendly and short. A lot of famous athletes utilize a technique called visualization&amp;amp;#8212;they visualize themselves scoring a touchdown or slamming a dunk. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t watch sports, but you get my point. Visualize a nice, calm conversation where you are radiant, confident, and better than her. Not that it&amp;amp;#8217;s about being better than her but&amp;amp;#133;we all know it&amp;amp;#8217;s kind of about that. Visualize a nice, calm conversation where you are radiant, confident, and better than her. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t be drunk. One little drink to take the edge off, sure, but you know you can&amp;amp;#8217;t control your mind or your mouth when you&amp;amp;#8217;re drunk. And you don&amp;amp;#8217;t really want to reveal that you don&amp;amp;#8217;t appreciate the fact that she wore lacy negligees all the time, thus giving your boyfriend unrealistic expectations that you would do the same and that it took a long time to slowly wear him out of that. You&amp;amp;#8217;re an old T-shirt to bed kinda gal, always have been, always will be, and you won&amp;amp;#8217;t apologize for it, dammit! See what I mean? You don&amp;amp;#8217;t want to say that kinda shit to her. Do remember that this is just as stressful for him as it is for you. Which means you&amp;amp;#8217;re both on the same page about this: it&amp;amp;#8217;s awkward. Therefore it should not be the cause of a fight or tension between the two of you. It&amp;amp;#8217;s you and him against the world, baby! You must unite against the destructive forces of his old flame and rise above! Don&amp;amp;#8217;t imagine her having sex with your boyfriend. Just don&amp;amp;#8217;t do it! Do point out to him how coolly you handled it when it&amp;amp;#8217;s all over. And how that makes you very deserving of flowers/a stiff drink/sour gummy worms/sex as a reward. &amp;amp;#8212;Written by Laura Willcox for HowAboutWe What tips do you have to deal with meeting his ex? More from HowAboutWe... *10 Things Women Forget to Do During Sex *Basically The Dirtiest Ad We&amp;amp;#8217;ve Ever Seen *Don&amp;amp;#8217;t Read This Comic If You&amp;amp;#8217;re Still Obsessed With Your Ex Photo: Courtesy of CBS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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