Episode 84 – Dealing With Your Ex (Or Theirs)

Co-Host: Scot and Emily McKay - X & Y Communications

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Maybe Emily and I waited almost 20 years to cover this subject because it’s a touchy one that hits just a little too close to home for both of us. But hey, it’s an important one. How do you deal with your ex…especially if you’re now in a new relationship?

Check it out, there are at least three categories of ex that could still theoretically be haunting your life after a breakup or divorce. And you’d better believe we’ll be covering how to handle the necessarily interactions with each type.

But what if your new relationship is being negatively impacted by pesky exes? Or what if your new flame is weirdly jealous of your old one? How do you handle the infamous ‘child exchanges’ mandated by custody agreements?

What if an ex (predictably) tries to drive a wedge between you and your new partner? What if your ex is desperately trying to get you back? Or what if one of you isn’t quite over the last relationship?

On the other hand, what if you’ve made a significant upgrade over your ex and they’re super upset and catty about your new ‘trophy’? And in that case, isn’t it weird how we start sort of rooting for our ex to find someone new–and who they like even better–themselves?

And on that note, can we actually be friends with our ex, even when we’re in a new relationship? Should you delete their numbers from your phone, or not? What if you’re in a ‘rebound relationship’, and it’s looking like your new partner might end up back with their old one? Hey…it happens a lot.

But what if they’re toxic and just won’t leave well enough alone? And wait a minute, was that a ‘Rubberband Man’ reference, out of the blue?