How should I approach this...?

[ducktales]

So here's the situation:

There are three birthday parties for 3 different friends on Saturday. All will be headed to the clubs/bars in the late evening(after 11pm). All 3 are girls. 2 of the girls are friends with my ex(we're both friends with them(one is her roommate), but we've known both the same amount of time, but obviously they are going to be closer being girls). Undoubtedly all the parties will probably converge when the clubbing/bar hopping starts and I really do not want to run into my ex(have been trying my best to maintain no contact with her and have been doing well, been maybe a little over a month) and I especially don't want to run into her if she is with her new bf, even though I know she's dating someone I don't really know how I'd react/feel seeing them together and stuff.

I'm thinking that there are two, maybe three, scenarios that I'd be comfortable in 1) if I know she's not going to be there 2) if she's there but not with her bf 3) if she and her bf are there but my roommates come with me. 2 and 3 are really both dependent on my roommates being there as I'd be able to leave the club/bar and not wander around that area by myself. Or should I just stay away from the situation entirely?

The 2 birthday girls I know pretty well(1 is my close friends gf) and other than a few other girls, most of the other people will either be acquaintances/strangers to both of us, or will be my friends.

[dlb]

OK let's discard scenario #1 because you obviously want to party your hiney off this weekend.
Since you have no control over #2 it seems to me that #3 is your best option. Go with your friends. Take a date of your own. If you go and see exxie there be civil and say hello if you are in close proximity, don't bristle at her date if she has one, it's better to smile at him and then move to another part of whatever bar you are in. Have a good time. Don't pay too much attention to exxie. Have a good time. Don't stick around to see how long exxie stays...unless you are working on a good prospect. If she leaves early stick around. Something good might happen. Don't drink a lot to impress or punish anyone I have tried to punish other people by over imbibing and I was the one who suffered

The other option you listed is "stay away from the situation entirely" to which you forgot to assign the number 4.

If you think it's going to make you feel bad to go, don't go. Exxie won't care one way or another and if she does you don't care because she is your EX!

Well here's another idea: #4a !!! If you have absolutely no moral obligation to go to any of these festivities screw it! Go have a kickass good time elsewhere far from the entire scene. Pick up a girl or two or three.

There is no reason to subject yourself to suffering.