ChickSpeak

Dearest Mon Petites,

This morning, at Moi’s favorite coffee house, fresh from a lovely and relaxing mani/pedi sporting Moi’s favorite new wide legged trousers, and after placing Moi’s daily treat of a decaf skim latte, Moi thought she was dreaming but she wasn’t. Moi heard his voice from a few steps away as he ordered his double espresso with whipped cream (he always could eat what he wanted and not worry a hoot about his backside expanding).

Within seconds, Moi whiplashed her head around,  hot coffee sloshing everywhere burning and staining Moi’s hands, pants, blouse and flip flopped feet,  and saw Most Recent Ex Last Boyfriend standing there, just as surprised as she was in a baby blue button down oxford shirt that made his eyes look extra deep and blue… only to see Moi and say… “Oh, hey.”

And of course all the rehearsed speeches and thoughts and made up scenarios that have been going through Moi’s head since The Breakup flew right out of Moi’s mind and the only response Moi could think of was…

“Hey,” while Moi reached for napkins to absorb the burning coffee that now was seeping and creeping all over what this morning was a very cute outfit.

Why does this happen? Just when we think we are over Most Recent Ex Last Boyfriend does he show up and make our world stand still? Why does he catch us off guard after breaking our heart only weeks/months/days ago? And how does after all that does he somehow make our stomachs drop and our knees quiver all over again?

The only thing that Moi could think of that would make this situation better is to pass along some thought out wisdom to vous so that when this same exact thing happens… vous won’t be caught off guard, burned and speechless.

Here is a list of Must Do’s and A Few Don’ts to survive the crucial “Seeing Him for the First Time After Break Up Encounter“

• Smile. Move it. Get out of Dodge and don’t look back. He may be watching from the window so hold it together until vous are well out of sight.
• Call, text, or email the nearest and best girleen, sister, mother, or mentor for immediate reinforcements and positive words. Tears are ok at this point. Broken hearts take time to repair.
• Get out a piece of paper as soon as vous are out of sight and write down every single reason why the break up occurred. Commit this to memory immediately.
• Repeat again and again and again in vous pretty head. “Moi is fabulous. Moi looks fabulous and Moi will remain fabulous despite this teeny, tiny setback.”
• Do not be too hard on vous self or vous heart. Take a few moments to regroup, and think about what just occurred. This a step forward. Refocus and forge ahead. There is a reason vous are still not together. Focus on that.Chin up Beauty. Am behooving Vous to treat vous-self to a great workout, downtime to read a magazine or a little cat nap as a reward for this most uncomfortable encounter. Congratulations are in order for surviving it.
   

xoxo

Itty Bitty City Girl

Editor’s Note: Itty Bitty City Girl is our newest and best girlfriend. She’s our voice of reason, cheerleader and big sister all rolled into one and here for us whenever we seem to need her most. Watch for her column each month.