I’m always friendly to my ex when I see him but he’s not to me. How can I not take this personally and keep living my life?

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I’m a really happy, energetic, and friendly person. I love to laugh, be ecstatic, and smile, and I love my friends. I see my ex very often in our city, and run into him a lot, as our friends are the same, and I’m always really friendly and cheerful when I see him. However, he’s never super friendly to me. He basically acts “too cool”, nonchalant, and like he barely knows me. He’s very reserved. I feel like he hates me. This hurts me bc, I dated him for a long time, and always tried to be very nice, but we got in a scuffle toward the end bc it was too hard to be friends. He broke up with me.

I’m really upset by the fact that I’ve always gone out of my way to be friendly to him, and other folks, and maintain cordial relationships. It just hurts me that some people could be so cold. But I need to learn that this is how most folks are?

How can I control my friendly nature and stop being so nice to people? It’s just in my nature to chat. But next time I see him, I will not to speak.

How can I act the next time I run into him? It will be soon as we have an event in the next months together. I want to be cool & collected or avoid him. Also, how can I get over the fact that some people are just not friendly or like to keep to themselves after relationships? How can I keep being a positive person without curbing my personality bc of this one guy? Thanks!!
I’m always friendly to my ex when I see him but he’s not to me. How can I not take this personally and keep living my life?
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