The Ex Problem

   Last Saturday night, I went to a birthday party (yes, people my age still have birthday parties). There was food, dancing, singing, laughter, photos, the usual. So I was with some of my girlfriends, enjoying myself, feeling like a dancing queen, laughing at some jokes that are only funny on late nights, singing with a fake microphone in my hands, and then, through the crowd, in mid sentence, I saw....my ex.

   Oh great. Not that we're enemies or anything, but after our 6 month relationship (which is a long time for high schoolers), we didn't end on a good note. At all.

   Now whenever I see him, I'm not sure whether to avert my eyes or pretend I don't see him or try to look extra pretty and giggly or wave and smile. It's just this uncomfortable phase, and neither of us seem to know what to do. We do know one thing: neither of us are talking to eachother. Normally this awkward stage after relationships ends after a month or so, then it's just over. For us, it's not so smooth.

It's been 9 months.

    It would be easier just not to see him at all, but going to the same school, a small school, doesn't make that possible.

So we just continued or odd routine of not talking to eachother but taking turns staring at one another across the room. And we probably will continue it for a long time to come.

What are guys thinking half the time?

Question for all you mothers out there:
What is the difference between guys and girls?
Very broad question, I know, but I really want to hear what your opinions are on this subject. See, today, I hung out with a guy (which I don't normally do, like ever), and he asked me to the school dance as friends. We talked a lot about guys vs. girls. 
Who's simpler? Who is more analytical? What will make a girl cry? Why do guys do outside of school and what drives them to do it? What will make a girl forgive you? What are the rules that guys have for each other concerning girls? And vice versa. 
 It was really interesting to hear the guy's perspective on all these things. I mean, what are guys thinking about all the time? Seriously. They may seem very non-complex, but at the same time, us girls never seem to understand them. They flirt with us, then go out with someone else. They tell us to go away, then ask us out. I don't get it. It's a lot like the movie "He's just not that into you." 
 But really, this time I need some advice and some answers from you! Help me out here. And if you have a teenage son, tell him to communicate not just over text, but also in person and to give girls chocolate! That's what gets us!! And for the mothers with daughters, tell them not to overanalyze every word that a guy says and every little thing that he does. If he brushes back his hair with his hands or just shakes his head to get it to move out of his eyes, it probably doesn't mean anything different. I learned that much today at least.