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    A 12-Step Guide To Meeting Your Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend

    Because you're going to need all the help you can get.

    Step 1: Admit that you're powerless over this situation.

    Step 2: Come to the realization that you can't do this alone, and invite your friends over for help.

    And by "help" we mean cyberstalking this girl.

    After four to five hours of this, one of your friends will inevitably say something like the below, which will lead you to the next step.

    Step 3: Buy a voodoo doll and humbly ask a higher being for help.

    If that doesn't work, make direct appeals to people who can help get you out of this situation. Permanently.

    If/when those options don't pan out...

    Step 4: Prepare an outfit that will make you feel undeniably fierce.

    Step 5: Take personal inventory of all the things that make you fabulous and turn to them when you need strength.

    Step 6: Admit that regardless of what happens, you will land on top, because your boyfriend worships the ground you float on.

    Step 7: When you meet the ex, be nice.

    Unless she says or does something that makes you blind with rage. In which case, you can pull out some backhanded comment, like this.

    Step 8: When they make an inside joke, keep your cool.

    Step 9: And if small talk turns to ex talk, change the subject immediately.

    Step 10: Having spent all of five minutes at this highly enjoyable meeting, it's time to make a quick exit.

    Step 11: When your boyfriend says, "That was fun," it's OK to fake a smile.

    Even though inside you might be like...

    Step 12: But go ahead and brush your shoulders off, because you made it through meeting your boyfriend's ex.

    Until he suggests hanging out with her again...