Dating : « Dating » an ex’s old teammate?
Hi everyone (29F), I recently reconnected with a guy I met in college (10+ years ago). Through the years we have talked about sports via social media, or a hi how are you thing (I’m a huge sports fan). In the last 2-3 months we have been talking daily. He asked me about us potentially going to dinner when he’s in my area again, which I’m all for.
However, my ex boyfriend was one of his teammates in college. We had a very « public » relationship on campus. It’s common knowledge between he and I so I never bring it up but, recently he has. Not once or twice but 3-4 times. He refers to us as this celeb couple, or says « how do you date a new person after that type of relationship? ». I’ve tried to laugh it off and say, well that was 10 years ago, I’ve dated other people, and he’s married now soo.. But it’s beginning to turn me off. I’m wondering if I should let him know that we might be better off as friends or attempt to see where things go. I just know that I’ve been in similar instances where my partner gets upset about whatever and brings up an old ex from thoughts just being in the back of their head.
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Any thoughts or ideas will be appreciated 🙂
