“J, do you know this guy?”

I turned to see who Carol was looking at, half-expecting some random guy I had met once at some party. It took just a moment to realize who it was. The beard was gone, that’s what threw me off.

“Julia! Hi! How are you?”

His name was John. His new wife, whom he enthusiastically introduced, was Jennifer. He looked mostly the same, once you got past the clean-shaved look. He still looked good. Pretty much as he had when we broke up three years ago.

I invited them to sit. They did.