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Dealing With A Sticky Situation

This was posted in the IC Forums from a student in our Intensive program.  This story highlights some of the main components of vulnerability and grounding which we teach.  There is lots to learn from this, enjoy..

Ok most of you know that my exgirlfriend/now good friend just temporarily moved in with me this past weekend… what i expected to be a fun walk through the park has turned into a slightly weird, uncomfortable, tricky situation that im steadily starting to manage and steer back into a comfortable place..

So when she and her cousin came into town on the 4th i was already shit face tanked from the bbq.. (thank you brian and chelsea) so not only was i drunk but i had just finished making out with this cute blonde girl who was at the bbq…  so when the ex arrived i was already in a flirting mood.. and as most of you know when im tanked i go a little overboard without realizing it..  so that kind of put her off a bit.. on top of that she started up a quick fling with some dude that she met on the way over here and is really goo goo for this guy which made her a bit more awkward with me..

and on top of that still .. the bbq girl and i had set up a date for monday.. which i refused to bail on for the sake of the ex.. so there was a bit more tension to pile on.. so i go on the date.. we have coffee.. and go for a walk down main st santa monica.. and the whole thing takes a couple hours.. we both had a pretty fun time just talking about monster movies, art and everything.. also this girl knows that i have the ex living with me.. she seems surprisingly ok with it.. but i didnt really feel it went spectacular i assumed i wouldn’t really see or hear from her again..

so for the first 3 days in i feel like my heads going to explode from all this tenstion at home, and with the new girl floating around.. it started to get to me but i  know i needed to apply everything ive learned and handle my shit.. SO..

yesterday the ex, the cousin and myself go out for dinner.. and we all start talking.. i opened up and told them how i felt about the ex and how i felt about being with other women, and how i like to flirt with everyone.. my opening up led to them opening up and really letting it all out.. i found out about the guy, how she feels, and i get called out for being a bit aggressive that first night which set the sour tone for everything up to this point.. all in all it went swimmingly.. now there’s no awkwardness whatsoever.. i’m being myself again and flirting around with both of them..

and on top of that the bbq girl has been texting me left and right and enviting me to go to her place to watch a movie..

this has really been a trial, man.. but its funny how when I grounded myself, became present and dealt with everything head on, everything seemed to just come together without much effort..  good weekend..

-G

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