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Reminds me of a certain wedding my wife and I went to when we were still dating. I informed her before hand that the bride and I had a brief fling way back when I was in 7th grade and she was in 9th (really, just a one time thing... one of my first "experiences", as I was quite young. Not a real relationship or anything beyond third base) During the wedding, I realized that the maid of honor was also an ex. Similar situation, just two years later when I was in 9th and she was in 11th. I mentioned that to her as well, in case she happened to make a comment...

So, anyway, there we were at the reception, and I was getting drinks next to another one of the bride's maids. She looked at me, did a double take, then said, "Excuse me, are you [insert Zen's real name here]?" I answered in the affirmative and she replied that she was "Lisa, Lisa [I can't remember her last name to save my neck now...]" We proceeded to be shocked. She asked me whether I was a friend of the bride or groom. I replied bride, we went to the same church growing up. She said she was a friend of the bride's from college. Small world!

She was a girl that I "dated" for about 6 months when I was in 11th grade. (I think she was in 12th at the time) We met at a church summer camp, fell in love, and had a rather expensive, phone call wise, long distance relationship for most of that year. We only saw each other three or four times after the camp and it was an emotionally brutal relationship. Since I had never had a "real" girlfriend, having one that I couldn't ever see and wasn't able to drive to see was horrible. (Since I have a late birthday, I was not able to drive until I was in 11th grade. I didn't really have permission for long trips until I was a senior.) Needless to say, this relationship ended in failure and much sadness...

So, I took the drinks back to the table and introduced her to my [now wife] girlfriend. She looked at me with a look of mock anger, that didn't hide the laugh in her eyes one bit, and asked if there were any other ex-girlfriends that were part of the wedding party? I swore that she had just met about two-thirds of my earlier girlfriends! Really, it was massively uncomfortable for me, but luckily, my wife has a good sense of humor. (The fact that we had met one of my two prior "serious" girlfriends at a movie theater just a couple of weeks earlier didn't help!)

It really looked like I was some sort of womanizer, when my recollection of my high school and jr. high years is more akin to the life of a monk! LOL!