the past

at a party yesterday, i almost fell off my seat when someone i met for the first time introduced me to her husband thus, 'this is the first girlfriend of (blank)...'

ooops... i didn't know she knew me, nor that she knew about my ex and me.  i objected saying, 'i wasn't his first girlfriend!'

the husband went, 'uh, she's saying she wasn't his girlfriend...'

the wife insisted, 'no... she really was his girlfriend...'

i butted in with, 'not his first.  there were others before me.'

the lady went, 'ay, yes.  not first... former girlfriend.'

ugh!  so many years back and it still cropped up...  : }