Ex joke.

My girlfriend told me a running joke she had with her ex, and now she seems to want me to play along. Should I?

Rajat, Los Gatos, CA

Jimmy The Bartender® answers

Hold on a second. I need to go to the back for two bottles of liquor, a bag of ice, and your balls. Why don't you just dance to "their" song, wear "his" cologne, and have the dude come over and cuddle with the two of you? Don't be an idiot. Couples should talk about their exes -- what they learned, how they failed, all that crap -- but there's a difference between remembering the good times and being wistful about them. Tell her you respect her past, but you need to know that she's not still living in it. Then find something the two of you -- and only the two of you -- can share.