Anonymous wrote:Female- Happily married for 16 yrs. I plan to reach out to my ex bf when I go back home to visit. Haven't seen him 16 years, haven't talked in 6.
I have seen his parents a couple of times when I have gone back home, having dinner with them, my kids and DH.
My ex bf married a bit of a nut, it sounds like unfortunately and she is jealous even of his family (per his mum). So I wasn't surprised when I reached out to him 6 yrs ago to see if he and his DW wanted to have dinner/hang out with us and he said he'd check with her and I didn't hear back.
He was a really sweet guy and I hope he's having a great life. We dated for 12 years so we were really good friends but I knew something else was out there for me and then I met DH. I really just want to say hi/thank him for being a great guy. As my daughters and son grow up I really think about him a lot in terms of "He was a wonderful first love. I hope they find people in their lives who were as wonderful/amazing/trustworthy and as caring with their hearts".
I think this is nice that you have such good feelings towards but, tbh, I can't imagine asking my husband to hang out with my ex boyfriend and my ex boyfriend's wife. That just seems so incredibly....awkward.....no matter how great you think your ex was/is. I don't think I'd want to hang out with one of dh's ex girlfriends, either.