New Date and Ex BF are Like Twins???

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Registered: 08-29-2003
New Date and Ex BF are Like Twins???
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Sun, 05-02-2004 - 4:14pm
Hello everyone. I really need to vent and make some sense out of this situation. I just broke up with my Ex BF of 4 months in March. We broke up because I felt neglected. We didn’t see each other as much as he didn’t call me like he used to. He said it was because of his job but I just couldn’t take it anymore. We both met on an online dating site.

After the breakup, Ex called me and invited me over his house several times but I never went. He even came to my house one night in April just to cuddle, spoon, and to "see me". That was a really special night and I honestly felt like he could be my husband one day. It seemed like we were well on our way to reconciling. He even promised to change by spending more quality time with me (which is one of the reasons why I broke up with him). However, after that night, things were still the same. He still didn't call me like he used to (we used to talk several times a day) and he hasn't returned my call from 2 weeks ago. . . That was on a Saturday night (4/17) and we made tentative plans to be together that night.

I've also been chatting with another guy from that same online dating site since last month (April). This guy is one year younger than my Ex (the guy is 36 and my Ex is 37). Both men celebrate their birthdays approximately 1 month apart (the guy’s B-day is September 25 and my Ex’s B-day is October 26). Also, the new guy looks similar to my Ex in the sense that they both have the same complexion and similar facial features. The only difference is that 1) the new guy is shorter than my Ex and 2) the new guy has a better sense of humor than my Ex. He’s like the *happier* version of my Ex and acts the way my Ex should act if he wasn’t depressed. In any event, we only emailed each other twice just to say that we are interested and to exchange telephone numbers.


So this new guy calls me last Monday night (4/26) around 10:30pm. This was the first time I heard from him since my last email to him 2 weeks prior. This was also our first telephone conversation. I’ve summarized the similarities I found between this guy and my Ex during that conversation:

1) I noticed right away that the new guy has a foreign accent. As it turns out, he is from the same country as my Ex. The new guy is also from the same borough (Brooklyn) as my Ex.

2) That first conversation went really well and it seemed like this new guy knew me already. For instance, this guy is a math major at a local college. We had a short conversation about math and then the new guy asked me “do you know where the college is located?��� I said no and thought to myself "who cares?" As it turned out, the college is located in my old borough (Queens). I went on to tell him how I used to commute from Queens to Brooklyn every day for school. He then stated how he makes the same trip but in the opposite direction (i.e. Brooklyn to Queens). I told my Ex all about my commute from Queens to Brooklyn as well as about my past experiences while living in Queens.

3) So we speak more about math and the new guy mentions how he recently tutored his friend to help *her* prepare for her nursing exam. My Ex just took his nursing exam last year.

4) The guy then apologized for not responding to my email until that night (2 weeks later) but said that he was in Florida visiting relatives. My Ex also went to Florida to visit relatives in January.

5) At the end of the conversation, the new guy apologized for calling me past my bedtime. I never told him that I go to bed around 10pm - only my Ex knows this.


The second conversation revealed more strange similarities and coincidences. For example the new guy:

6) spoke about his last date and said that he gave her flowers on the first date. My Ex also gave me flowers on the first date.

7) I noticed that the new guy and the Ex has the same laugh

8) he stated that he feels like he already knows me

9) New guy mentions that he is multilingual and is currently taking a Spanish course. My Ex is also multilingual but doesn’t speak Spanish. On the other hand, I studied Spanish for 8 years but I am not fluent and I need a refresher course. I told my Ex about my Spanish studies and explained to him the reasons why I am no longer fluent (I don’t have anyone to speak Spanish with). So I told the new guy this same story and he goes “Don’t worry, you have me now . . .”


Our first date last night:

10) New guys picks me up in a 1999 4 door black foreign SUV. Ex also has a 1999 Black 4 door foreign SUV.

11) The new guy wore the same black shoes as my Ex wore on one of our dates.

12) At the restaurant, the new guy asked me what kind of drink I wanted and I told him to bring me back a mixed drink. He brings me the drink and asked me to tell him what it is. It was a “Sex On the Beach” – my favorite drink. I never told the new guy that this was my favorite drink, just my Ex.

13) New guys tells me that it feels like we’ve dated before. At that point, I told him how he reminds me of my Ex and it’s as if they are related or something. I also told him that this is scaring me. Although he appeared surprised at some of the similarities above, he said that there was no connection and that he doesn’t have any family here in New York. I told him where my Ex lives and said that they should meet sometime. The new guy just looked down at the table and didn’t make a comment.


So after dinner we were driving back to my house and the song “You Remind Me” by Usher was playing in the background. That song solidifies this entire ordeal. Classic. Sometime later, the new guy said that he had to tell me something. I asked him what is it. He later changed his mind and said that he’ll tell me later. About 10 minutes later I reminded him and he said he just wanted to ask me to spend more time with him tonight. I told him to drive to the nearby boardwalk overlooking the Manhattan skyline.

So we sat in the truck which was parked at the boardwalk. Ironically, my Ex and I did something similar on our first date with respect to sitting in the truck watching the view. And just like my Ex the new guy tried to “put the move down” by kissing me and trying to get me to sleep with him. However, unlike my Ex, I didn’t sleep with the new guy because I was simply bewildered by the déjà vu experience. I told the new guy that I couldn’t go through with this and he tried to coax me into sleeping with him by saying that 1) he is different from my Ex and 2) sleeping with him would help me get over my Ex. I also told him that, until tonight, I thought he was my Ex and I started to cancel the date – thinking that my Ex would show up instead. He then became angry.

14) So we started listening to Usher playing in the background again and “You Remind Me” came on. I said that “Usher is the man”. The guy asked me who else is the man and I said that he’s the man too in a joking manner. Then the new guy moved closer to me and asked me to show him how he’s the man. Specifically he said “You can’t just tell me - you have to SHOW me how you feel”. This is the same thing I told my Ex 1 week before we broke up.

15) So finally I demanded an explanation for all the strange coincidences. The new guy wrote it off by saying “Everything Happens For a Reason” – the same saying my Ex has on his yahoo profile . .

What are the odds of meeting someone who mirrors the Ex in so many ways? Is there a connection between these guys? What the hell is going on?

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Registered: 08-29-2003
Thu, 05-06-2004 - 5:12pm
True Erin I did stay too long with my Ex. But I can't be a fool and make the same mistake twice so I'm bailing . . .

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