It's like this... You just find out that a couple of people from your past are moving to your new town. You don't want them to come. After all, you hated them in HS and hated all of your so-called "friends" from that time. Finding out they're moving to your new town blindsided you. What can you do?
One of them was a hot chick psychowitch you dated on occasion. When you moved away, she screamed that she never wanted to see you again. She said you were dead to her and beneath her. She told everyone that you were moving to a craphole place full of hicks who were going to kick you butt regularly. She slandered you before you left and kept slandering you after you left.
Her predictions about your future didn't exactly happen. You struggled a little, as anyone does moving to a new place, but found you really fit in like a glove from the moment you arrived. You may have thought about psychowitch from time to time, but mostly moved on and have been happy without her drama in your life. Psychowitch, however, continued to obsess about you even while she told everyone she didn't care.
Now, psychowitch is moving to your town and it seems that everyone wants to put the two of you together. You haven't seen her in more than a decade. Part of you doesn't want anything to do with her. You remember how abusive she was, how miserable she made everyone around her, and want no part of her.
Honestly, the two of you are oil and water. She's not like you in any way. You just lived in the same town. You lean country. She's all city. You're conservative and have a Trump sticker on your F-250 King Ranch. She has a Beto sticker on her Tesla. You go to church. She's a wiccan with all kinds of satanic symbols, hellfire colors, beasts, and hex rallies.
Everyone seems to remember her from her high school days. At a distance, she might still look hot. Look close and it's apparent time hasn't served her well. She's just as crazy if not crazier, but now she's aged and aged poorly. The plastic surgery hasn't helped. All it's done is make her look a little desperate, like she's trying to hang onto past glory.
You've got a new circle of friends in your new town. They're like you. Most of them are wealthy though they don't flaunt it. None of them have ever said, "We are the Jones." In your old town, Psychowitch always had more money than you did and loved to rub it in. Since you left, you've done well for yourself. In fact, you're pretty darn wealthy. And while you've been paired up with a crazy witch by the bayou who you used have a troubled long-distance relationship with you when you lived in the old place, she's way better than the formerly hot psychowitch.
Unfortunately, psychowitch is still moving to town. For the most part, you don't want to see her again. You don't want to put up with her bullcrap, but probably can't avoid her.
But then, part of you wants to confront psychowitch and humiliate her publicly. As you've aged, you've gotten better. You've become distinguished. You've spent time in the gym. You're in good shape and considered attractive enough to get attention anywhere in the country.
Another part of you fears what psychowitch will do that's underhanded. In HS, she ran the school. The principal was afraid of her. She got the teachers to give her grades she didn't deserve. Even though this isn't HS, you wonder if she has figured out new ways to be underhanded. You don't trust her.
The society columns still seemed obsessed with her, though no one with a clue can figure out why. It's like the second they talk about her beauty and how she's back, the sun comes out, making all of the caked on make-up and mascara stream down her overly tightened skin and... well, it's not pretty.
Finally, there's a very small part of you that relished the relationship and wants it to return. It's the co-dependent part of you. It's the masochistic part.
If you can't avoid her altogether, you should minimize the face-time and when you can't avoid it, don't even try to be polite. Make it painful for her so that maybe she'll shut up and spend more time with the guy she's bringing along who tends to slap her around a lot (though she does hit back from time to time... after all, she's psycho).
Remember, no one really cares about the two of you being together except for those high school has-beens who are living in the past. Your new circle knows very little about the relationship and finds it amusing for the moment. Rest assured, once they get to know her, they'll hate her too. It'll be too late, but everyone will wish they had better zoning laws that would have kept psychowitch out, despite the potential for added tax revenue.
One of them was a hot chick psychowitch you dated on occasion. When you moved away, she screamed that she never wanted to see you again. She said you were dead to her and beneath her. She told everyone that you were moving to a craphole place full of hicks who were going to kick you butt regularly. She slandered you before you left and kept slandering you after you left.
Her predictions about your future didn't exactly happen. You struggled a little, as anyone does moving to a new place, but found you really fit in like a glove from the moment you arrived. You may have thought about psychowitch from time to time, but mostly moved on and have been happy without her drama in your life. Psychowitch, however, continued to obsess about you even while she told everyone she didn't care.
Now, psychowitch is moving to your town and it seems that everyone wants to put the two of you together. You haven't seen her in more than a decade. Part of you doesn't want anything to do with her. You remember how abusive she was, how miserable she made everyone around her, and want no part of her.
Honestly, the two of you are oil and water. She's not like you in any way. You just lived in the same town. You lean country. She's all city. You're conservative and have a Trump sticker on your F-250 King Ranch. She has a Beto sticker on her Tesla. You go to church. She's a wiccan with all kinds of satanic symbols, hellfire colors, beasts, and hex rallies.
Everyone seems to remember her from her high school days. At a distance, she might still look hot. Look close and it's apparent time hasn't served her well. She's just as crazy if not crazier, but now she's aged and aged poorly. The plastic surgery hasn't helped. All it's done is make her look a little desperate, like she's trying to hang onto past glory.
You've got a new circle of friends in your new town. They're like you. Most of them are wealthy though they don't flaunt it. None of them have ever said, "We are the Jones." In your old town, Psychowitch always had more money than you did and loved to rub it in. Since you left, you've done well for yourself. In fact, you're pretty darn wealthy. And while you've been paired up with a crazy witch by the bayou who you used have a troubled long-distance relationship with you when you lived in the old place, she's way better than the formerly hot psychowitch.
Unfortunately, psychowitch is still moving to town. For the most part, you don't want to see her again. You don't want to put up with her bullcrap, but probably can't avoid her.
But then, part of you wants to confront psychowitch and humiliate her publicly. As you've aged, you've gotten better. You've become distinguished. You've spent time in the gym. You're in good shape and considered attractive enough to get attention anywhere in the country.
Another part of you fears what psychowitch will do that's underhanded. In HS, she ran the school. The principal was afraid of her. She got the teachers to give her grades she didn't deserve. Even though this isn't HS, you wonder if she has figured out new ways to be underhanded. You don't trust her.
The society columns still seemed obsessed with her, though no one with a clue can figure out why. It's like the second they talk about her beauty and how she's back, the sun comes out, making all of the caked on make-up and mascara stream down her overly tightened skin and... well, it's not pretty.
Finally, there's a very small part of you that relished the relationship and wants it to return. It's the co-dependent part of you. It's the masochistic part.
If you can't avoid her altogether, you should minimize the face-time and when you can't avoid it, don't even try to be polite. Make it painful for her so that maybe she'll shut up and spend more time with the guy she's bringing along who tends to slap her around a lot (though she does hit back from time to time... after all, she's psycho).
Remember, no one really cares about the two of you being together except for those high school has-beens who are living in the past. Your new circle knows very little about the relationship and finds it amusing for the moment. Rest assured, once they get to know her, they'll hate her too. It'll be too late, but everyone will wish they had better zoning laws that would have kept psychowitch out, despite the potential for added tax revenue.