Chance encounter leads to dilemma

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So last friday I took my youngest son out to town, ended up in a sports shop as I wanted to buy him trainers. I was just looking around and I here someone call my name out, looked round and was stunned. Damn my eyes this girl was fine, shape and looks. I was stood there slack-jawed trying for the life of me to think who she was, then she said her name and the coin hit the slot.

Conversation was long and to the point of where the hell you been all these years great to see you and one or two "hell did you grow up so well" kind of quotes from me. Any way she gave me her number and off I went thinking not much more about it other than to send her a text so she had my number.

Had to take my son back to his mum so me and my oldest daughter were just heading out walking my son home and a car pulled up. It was the same girl asking where we were going and asking if we would like a lift. Now a lift was not needed but hell I was taking it just to talk some more.

She asked me why I had not text her, told her I did and we checked she gave me her number wrong on a few digits. So numbers were swapped and off I went, dropped off my son and explained to my oldest that the girl in the car used to look after her when she was a baby.

Later that evening the texts started rolling in, im not one for texts but this was one nice recipient. Long story short she said I should go round to hers for drinks, so bottles in hand I headed off.

This was great, sitting there chatting away everything so unexpected. Totally my type of situation to round a long day off with a few beers and good company.

Now I had not seen her since she was 15 and I did not know what to expect conversation wise as im a slight bit older than her. This girl looked hardly anything like she used to being almost 28 and she was now very much my type. Rock chick who plays bass, hammers out all the classics form acdc to whitesnake on the stereo, it was great just being there.

Then the shock, she tells me she always fancied me and still dose, I was like 2nd scene of slack-jawed gobsmackedness. I reply by telling her I quite like the idea and the feelings are mutual.

She follows by saying its impossible because she was friends with my ex and im like :(.

The thing is my ex used her as a sitter and treated her like garbage.
One time when I knew her when she was young I had a cheque stolen and cashed and the girl took the blame but ive know for a while it was the ex who forced her into it, for all intents she owed her no friend loyalty at all.

The other thing is that a couple of months back this girl had bumped in my ex, my ex told me when I went to see the kids but also added that the girl had said if she saw me she would not talk to me if she saw me because she could not stand me. This turned out to be total garbage as usual for my ex.

So conversations carried on and eventually she brings it up again and I just say look if you want me im here, she agrees but I have to keep it secret and we see how things go and next thing shes kissing me. We spent the whole night talking and drinking with plenty of long embraces in-between.

Waking up before her im laid there in her mums living room with my arms round her thinking where the hell did that come from and what were the chances!. From me not recognising her after not seeing her for over 12 years to wrong numbers being given and my ex trying to stop me ever talking to her.

So later that day im back home and the texts roll in and its round two. I head off loaded with beverages back to her mums place. Same long epic conversations putting the world to rights and comparing the nut jobs we both had been landed with in the past.

The she decides I have to watch twilight:( with her:cool: so we head off into the living room on go's the dvd and boom she's talking about vampires and pain and all sorts of new territory for me. This is just all going over my head im just enjoying the fact im there.

Anyway vamp films must be quite interesting to her because she soon hits the next level of encounter:eek::cool:;).

Another long night into lunch time had been spent with her.

Now here is the dilemma, she says she feels she would be doing wrong by my ex so can't see me any more:(. Followed by she also dose not want to be looked upon badly by a mutual friend we all have who is also a friend of my ex.

Then a couple of hours later after some long conversations she decides we can only be friends and im not allowed to even mention a possible relationship.

Follow this later by her coming on to me saying we may be friends but some things she wants to carry on with:eek:.

Now im thinking I could go with this and see if a relationship comes of it, if she can get around to see that what me and her do is none of my ex/her using friends damn business.

What the hell do I do now; I don't want a friends with benefits relationship but I don't want to miss the opportunity with her to try and turn her around in her thinking, hell she's a peach but is she poison.

Any ideas? do I leave this or crack right on and see what happens
 
I think it's quite simple, can you handle being friends with her with 'benefits' and it possibly never going beyond that?, if so then why not have some fun, everybody deserves that, your both adults, not sure why she thinks she would be "doing wrong" by your ex though, and you say she "was friends" with your ex, not any more then?, again, not sure why that would be a problem, unless she thinks your ex would give her hassle.
 
My ex is a manipulative nut with substance abuse issues and prone to give hassle, im up for the fun but I might get to like her too much.

I know the girl struggled with the initial time we had a drink because she was there in tears saying she wished me and her could give it a go before she did actually give it a go.

When I think about how she was with that and how much she shows me she wants to spend time with me it makes me think its possible to turn her thinking around just by spending time with her.

She is not a friend in the sense of a real friend any more its more like she just knows her in passing these days. The bigger issue with her is their mutual friend who is what this girl calls her best friend and dose not want to lose has a huge chip on her shoulder about people going with friends ex's.

This mutual friend is also a friend of mine and whenever I see her always has another story of how my ex drives her mental with the stupid things she dose. She also knows all about why I left the ex, all her cheating and drugs, lies and emptying my bank accounts.

Its a bit of a twist but ive been single a long while and I just feel like if this go's wrong and I end up with nothing its as though my deranged ex is still screwing up my life.
 
No pasty is worth all of this trouble and mayhem, especially the watching of Twilight.

Run.

Goddamn sparkly, pedophiliac vampires.
 
You two sound like you really like each other, noway should your ex or friends that have an issue with going out with ex's stand in the way of that, it's non of their damn business, your not doing anything wrong imo and I think others would agree, this probably doesn't sound like 'good' advice but I'd go ahead on her terms for now and see how it goes, it may naturally develop into more if or when feelings between you and her deepen, it may require some persuasion on your part of course if you want to play like that, end of the day it's a gamble, and like I said, it depends on what you really want, if you think she could get hurt just because you want some 'nooky' then personally I don't think it's worth it, but if you really think you guys could have a future together then I think it's worth pursuing.
 
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You two sound like you really like each other, noway should your ex or friends that have an issue with going out with ex's stand in the way of that, it's non of their damn business, your not doing anything wrong imo and I think others would agree, this probably doesn't sound like 'good' advice but I'd go ahead on her terms for now and see how it goes, it may naturally develop into more if or when feelings between you and her deepen, it may require some persuasion on your part of course if you want to play like that, end of the day it's a gamble, and like I said, it depends on what you really want, if you think she could get hurt just because you want some 'nooky' then personally I don't think it's worth it, but if you really think you guys could have a future together then I think it's worth pursuing.

I like her very much (apart from her poor choice in movies), and I know she feels the same, hell the only time she's not talking or texting me is when she's asleep and its all flirting and complements.

My thoughts are to just roll the dice and see how it could go, just like you say its a gamble but then sometimes the best things are are the hardest to get.
 
Shes playing games with you and enjoys having you around her little finger. Tell her to make up her mind about what she wants and stick with it.
 
She's clearly insane. That doesn't necessarily swing things one way or the other, but needs stating in case you haven't noticed.

Good luck
 
Is a bit of strange really worth all the hassle?

I'm always amazed by how much trouble people are willing to cause to see if somebody is 'the one'.
 
If you doing all the running after her, you will end up in the friend zone. Be a man, tell her you are both adults and it has **** all to do with your ex who either of you see.

Tell her you really like her and you feel it could go somewhere given the chance.

Tell her she has your number if she too thinks the relationship could go somewhere.

Then get up, leave, and don't text/facebook/call etc etc etc, leave it to her to make the next move.

PS i would like an invite to the wedding.
 
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