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"Many of us dread the day we run into an ex. We agonize over a chance encounter, and avoid possible run-in routes. And, if we know we&amp;#x27;re going to see him, we primp, preen, look effing hot (it&amp;#x27;s cool, not vain--I&amp;#x27;ve done it time in and out, too). So, imagine the looks on my friends&amp;#x27; faces when i told them that not only had I arranged a meet up with my ex this weekend, but I&amp;#x27;d arranged it as a date to catch up for the first time since Januaryish while going running. ...yep, that&amp;#x27;s about right. C, whom you may remember as the dude I almost married last year, haven&amp;#x27;t seen each other J and I had just begun seeing each other. After I broke up with him and tried to stay friends while C still wanted to be with me for keeps (yes, I realize this sounds just like my Isaac situation, shush shush), he eventually started seeing someone, and I couldn&amp;#x27;t handle it. When he told me over dinner in an East Village soba restaurant--incidentally, the same one in which I had told J about Isaac, weirdly--I did like any sane and rational human would, and had a possessive panic attack over a man whom I had dumped. If any of you New Yorkers walked along First Avenue at 6th Street that night and saw a girl sitting on the street, crying uncontrollably in front of a grocery store for about an hour, that was me, your trusty relationships editor. Happens to the best of us (or something). I would like to think I have grown since then. Or at least would cry in a chicer place. Ahem. Back to this morning. I emphatically have grown enough to have gotten over C, and I&amp;#x27;m happy with both my choice to have moved on, and am glad to know he&amp;#x27;s well. We&amp;#x27;ve traded a few texts and emails over the past couple of months checking in on each other, but his roommate to whom I introduced him--we were pals up in Boston in college--is getting married in a couple of weeks, and we&amp;#x27;ll both be there. So I figured with our own almost-to-the-altar history, seeing each other at someone else&amp;#x27;s wedding is probably not the best time to have our own reunion. I got C into running when we first got together, and it&amp;#x27;s really become somewhere he&amp;#x27;s excelled, so I thought meeting up for a run would be a great way to make him feel comfortable, especially because some things haven&amp;#x27;t been going his way right now. We met in Prospect Park, a place that&amp;#x27;s equally as important to us as it is neutral--another plus. And as for how we&amp;#x27;d look on a run: I&amp;#x27;m in my own weird relationship limbo as you know, I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure he&amp;#x27;s with someone, and I&amp;#x27;m not interested in getting back together with him. Gone goes all the &amp;quot;What to wear?&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;How do I look?&amp;quot; weirdness, along with any worry of mixed signals, either to him or to myself. (I almost took a pic to prove I didn&amp;#x27;t wear a smidge of makeup, but I figured you ladies would trust me!) Plus, in all selfishness, he&amp;#x27;s a total sweaty mess when he runs, so I knew I wouldn&amp;#x27;t have to worry about me. So, how did it go? Well. Really well! When you take that much distance from an ex who was also a best friend, and you&amp;#x27;re comfortable with where they are in your romantic history (translation: you&amp;#x27;re certain you don&amp;#x27;t want to get back together), you have a good chance of having an awesome time. I&amp;#x27;m lucky that I have a lot of great men who&amp;#x27;ve decided to grow up and be cool (and yes, I realize that&amp;#x27;s rare), and I&amp;#x27;m really pleased that this morning&amp;#x27;s risky plan didn&amp;#x27;t turn into a disaster. Sweaty, yes, disaster, definitely not. Would you ever go for a run to reunite with your ex as friends? Have you ever done a non-standard activity like that to rekindle a friendship or relationship? And hey! while we&amp;#x27;re talking exes... *In Defense of Opening Up the Ex-Files: 6 Reasons Why Talking About Your Exes Isn&amp;#x27;t a Bad Idea *The 8-Step Program for Attending a Party Where You&amp;amp;#8217;ll Probably See Your Ex *When Someone Tells You to Cut Things Off With Your Ex to Move On, They&amp;#x27;re Not BS-ing You Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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