The “EX”

Recently I was placed in an extremely awkward situation by a few so called buddies. I use the word friend very little. For all of my life there are many people that I know, but there is a limited few that I call a friend. I was invited over to a buddy’s house for a football party. We do different events throughout the year and never had any problems. You should also know that all of the guys are married and I am not. Upon entering the house I see the woman I broke up with in 2012. We were together for 15 years and left on bad terms.  Once I finished verbally trashing the guys, I enjoyed the game, the food and drinks. Just you let everyone and her know I was over the relationship, I carried on some lite conversation and laughter.  When was done I went home. The questions I have are simple. If a relationship ends badly for one of the people involved, I think you should not have the same buddies. Will the women in the group ever let the old relationship die?  Also, I don’t know the rule of introducing a new lady into the circle.