Holy shit, holy shit, holy SHIT.
I feel like I just got kicked in the stomach, like it came out of nowhere when I was least expecting it. Like something that I try to push back into the extreme depths of my subconscious has just plummeted its way back to the forefront of my mind, to the pit of my stomach, to the hairs standing up on the back of my neck. I don't know what to do. I guess I'm in a state of shock or something. Holy shit.
I just had a conversation with my five-year ex's old college roommate (our mutual friend), and, for the first time EVER (in the almost three years since we broke up), I talked to one of my ex's friends about the breakup. I got a little bit of his side of the story. I can't believe we were actually talking about it. He brought it up - not me. I had no intention of bringing it up. But he mentioned my ex, and then we started talking about it, and then there it was, all out in the open for us to analyze, and all the while my stomach was in knots and my eyes were glued to the IM screen (fucking IM, I never should have signed on) and my heart was pounding out of my chest. Does he keep in touch with my old BF? What is he up to these days? What did he say about me after the breakup? How did he handle it? I didn't dare to ask the question that I'm really dying to know... is he married now? A part of me is absolutely aching to know, and a part of me would rather die than know the answer to that. God, I'm fucking having a nervous breakdown right now. I can't believe I was talking to him about it. I can't believe that after almost three years, that breakup is still as fresh as it ever was. All the old wounds have just been torn back open, and it fucking hurts. I'll never fully get over him, will I?
For those interested, the IM conversation is below: