When the ex comes back to haunt...

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Nisha and Gaurav have been friends for six years now and have been dating each other for the last two years. Gaurav had been in love with Nisha from the first time the two had spoken in college. However, with Nisha it had been a bit different.

When she had met Gaurav, Nisha had been in a tumultuous three-year relationship that had left her an emotional wreck. Her ex had been incapable of commitment and had been a serial womanizer. Even while Nisha's trust in relationships and her self-confidence had reached rock bottom, Gaurav had stood by her, an undemanding friend. Eventually Nisha was dumped and it took her a year to get over the scars. Slowly, Gaurav's love and patience won and Nisha veered towards him.

The last two years had been bliss for the two: Gaurav got the girl he loved and having seen the uglier side of what a man can be, Nisha knew how good Gaurav was for her. All was well till one day Nisha received an email: Her ex was back in town, full of apologies and requested she meet him once.

Nisha asked Gaurav if he was okay with the idea; he didn't see anything amiss in her meeting the ex once. Nisha met her ex for coffee... That was three months back. Since then, the ex has been in touch with Nisha regularly - through emails, scrapbook messages, phone calls. Each time it happens, Nisha makes it a point to tell Gaurav.

Initially Gaurav let it pass and didn't think much of it. "I knew it was perhaps an ego trip for the ex, he probably was feeling sorry and stupid for letting her go," is what he says. But progressively it started disturbing him...

"I trust her, she tells me each time he calls, I know she hasn't met him again, but... They had a very intense relationship. I could understand her meeting him that once and closing the chapter, but this keeping-in-touch makes me nervous. They didn't part as friends, it was bitter, so why is she bothering now?" he asks, puzzled.

Before you read the NEXT PAGE, let us know what YOU think of the situation:

1. Would you be comfortable letting your partner be in touch with their ex-lover?

2. If you are in touch with your Ex - and your partner does not like it - what would you do?

3. Is Nisha being foolish, keeping in touch with a man who hurt her badly once?

4. Is Nisha really in love with Gaurav?

READ FURTHER: 'But why does she still talk to her ex-boyfriend?'