Well that was surreal
Karma is a strange beast. You know how, when you first break up with someone, your mind starts to play out all kinds of weird things you could do to try and get her back? Well, sometimes, if you tell your mind to shut the fuck up and just leave your ex to it, karma will come around a little later and thank you for your efforts. Case in point:Yesterday, I was bored. So I sent Kerry a text to see what she was up to. We went to the pub, and ended up heading up Hanley to make a night of it. We got into Jaks about half 10, when it was still fairly quiet. Guess who was there? Rob, Tracy and Jenny (Tracy's sister). Apparently it was Tracy's birthday last night, and they were out celebrating.
For those who haven't been with us since the start, let's just do a quick recap. Tracy is my ex, who left me for my best mate Rob about a year ago. Kerry is Robs ex - they split up about 6 years ago.
So anyway, Kerry heads over to say hi to Rob. I head over to say hi to Tracy. I congratulate her on the rumour I hear that they're getting a place together, and wish her all the best. Jenny comes over and we chat for 5 minutes, just catching up on random shit.
About 10 minutes later Rob comes storming over, with the excuse that he wants half the deposit from the house me and Tracy were living in together. I tell him they're not getting anything, and he storms off. A few minutes later, he demands to talk to me outside. I refuse, but agree to go somewhere we can hear each other.
At which point, he proceeds to go off on me, saying that I chose to ditch our friendship because I couldn't handle him and Tracy, and that if I didn't want to be friends, I should stay the fuck away from them both and not try to wish them all the best. I told him that if that's how he wanted to view things between us, that was OK by me, but I still considered myself on good terms with Tracy and Jenny, and wasn't going to be an ignorant bastard around them.
He also called me a hypocrite for going out with Kerry, and from his rantings, this was quite clearly the real issue he had. Meanwhile, poor Tracy's standing in the corner crying her eyes out, because it's just as obvious to her what's going on as it is to me - the love of her life is kicking off because a lad he doesn't hang around with anymore is out with a girl he split up with 6 years ago.
Basically, the conversation ended with Rob telling me to watch my back. I said fine and walked away.
That was a totally random night, but as I said to Kerry, an interesting one, and one which I think said a lot more about Rob than it did about me. It'll be interesting to see how this one plays out.
posted by SingleGuy @ 7:37 pm
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