Kick from the Past

Tonight, NSG and I ate at our usual restaurant. Normally we go for lunch, but today, we decided to go for dinner. As we walked in, I noticed a waiter that looked very familiar. Now, I’m a person who remembers faces better than names and places, but once you put a few things together, I remember a lot better.

Now, he wasn’t our waiter – and thankfully not – but when he finished serving the table next to us, he introduced himself to me. I felt a little bad because he remembered my name, but I didn’t remember his. It wasn’t until he gave me a few more details that I was able to place him.

M was (is?) a friend of DL, a boyfriend I had right out of high school, and also the one that I, unfortunately, did not do right. I hate admitting it, but well, I messed up and broke his heart. M was furious with me and well, for good reason. I broke his friend’s heart and there was nothing I could have done to mend it. (To be honest, a lot of his friends didn’t like me by then, but that’s beside the point)

So I thought that DL’s friends would stll hold that grudge toward me, at least I would. But M was polite and nice. He didn’t seem snarky, sarcastic, or unpleasant in anyway. I mean, it was a little awkward after the introduction, especially since I had to introduce NSG as well, but for the most part, it was a decent re-introduction.

That got me thinking though, if I had met someone like me, a person who broke the heart of another friend, I would not be very pleasant with that person. I hold my alliances very well and my friends come first before their ex-significant others. I would probably not have introduced myself and I would have cared less about the person.

But M didn’t. He was friendly, nice, etc.

What would you have done if you were M? If you were me?

Tags: DL, NSG, old friends

This entry was posted on Monday, Apr 26, 2010 and is filed under Life, Relationships, Thoughts.