This Old Flame

I finally really feel single again. I feel completely free of Levi, and I'm so excited to start my "new" life.

Problem is, my past keeps coming back at me. First, it was Jeff — I've mentioned before that I dated Jeff right before Levi.

Then suddenly, completely out of the blue, I received a phone call from my first ex-boyfriend. We were together from high school up until about a year before I met Levi. He broke up with me, I was devastated; he was my first real "love."

Anyhow, he called recently — very upset — and asked me to meet him. It was late at night and I was tired, so I didn't want to, but the urgency in his voice convinced me to go. We met, had some coffee, and I asked him what was wrong.

He told me that his fiancé left him about a month ago, that he felt like his life had fallen apart. He said he'd finally realized that leaving me was a mistake — and that he wanted me back.

He told me that he felt we were soul mates, that he still thinks about me all the time, that I am the only woman he has ever loved, that he still loves me.

I didn't know what to say. I think I said something like "You can't be serious!" and "Are you high?" I even laughed a little bit. I mean really, he was years ago.

I'm not interested in the slightest bit. Our lives have taken totally different directions — we're not the same people anymore. We have nothing in common, and are very ill suited for one another.

I relayed that to him, in a gentle but firm way, but couldn't help adding that I thought he might just be rebounding.

The problem is, he still keeps calling and e-mailing. What the heck is going on?