Awkward Averted

I’m going to tell a little story today... about a girl who narrowly escaped the most awkward situation of her life. Surprise! It’s me!

Ok so, let me set the scene; you’re super excited because you just found out that your best friend and your boyfriend’s best friend are engaged AND getting married in Jamaica! OMG so exciting. You start planning and preparing, picking out bridesmaid dresses and sending invitations. Then you almost pee yourself and cry at the same time when you receive some startling news; the ex boyfriend is also coming on said vacation.

Now this isn’t just any old ex boyfriend, one of the random forget-his-names that lasted about as long as Lindsay Lohan’s sobriety, it’s THE ex boyfriend. The high-school love, virginity stealing, move away to University together ex boyfriend. It’s also worth mentioning that this ex boyfriend and the current boyfriend HATE each other. The ex took the breakup pretty hard, I used my signature break-up tactic, so he has obviously been pining over me ever since (what can I say, I’m hard to forget).

yaayyy now the boyfriend and I will have a fab vacation! 

Well, as you can imagine, I start panicking. This is going to be bad, very very bad. Being away in a foreign country, with a relatively small group of people and unlimited alcoholic beverages... I smell disaster and it smells awkward. For months, all that kept running through my mind was yelling and fighting and crying, and ultimately a lot of awkward conversation and a ruined vacation. Now, you might ask why the bride and groom would put us in this situation? Well they are both very good friends with this ex, and they introduced me to him AND the current boyfriend. Apparently they’re my cupids and I can’t find a boy who likes me without them. So I couldn’t very well blame them for wanting to have all of their good friends attend their wedding.

BUT this story does have a happy ending! The ex ended up getting a new job and not being able to take the week off from work. (Thank you cosmic gods!) So crisis is averted, and I can now go back to bikini shopping and getting giddy about my vacation.

Unfortunately I don’t have any advice for how to handle this awkward situation, if any of you are unlucky enough to find yourself in the same boat. The only advice I can give is: Don’t date your friends’ friends.

Rawkward = avoided!