My Ex Is My Soulmate — And My Assistant

I feel like won the jackpot — somehow my ex and I work even better as best friends, we are family — he’s my soulmate.

My ex just recently started working for me as my assistant and everyone who hears this — thinks it's really weird. I mean, it is for sure a rarity to date someone for years, transition to friendship…and then start working together — so, I spend some time thinking about how it got to this point and why it’s so perfect. We’re soulmates — and I’ve just decided that people think of soulmates in the wrong way — it doesn’t have to be a romantic thing.

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The Back Story

My ex and I were together for over 4 years, we weren’t friends prior, we had never met. One of my girlfriends introduced us on a little trip up to Whistler — she was dating his best friend and they were up there for the film festival. I was just up there for one night to attend a Christmas party with a guy friend of mine who wanted to bring a date.

I got ready in my friends' hotel room even though we had differing plans that night — not only because we wanted to see each other, but because she wanted to introduce me to this guy. I was really enjoying the freedom of being single for once in my life, but I agreed when she said she would do my makeup in exchange (I legitimately own only mascara and lip gloss and barely even know how to use those things — but wanted to not look homely at the…