My [23 M] ex [22 F] broke up with me a few days before I was going to sign a lease in a city that we were going to move to together. I'm still mentally set on moving there and have a job opportunity, how do I navigate this without hurting myself or looking bad?

I had a breakup with my girlfriend of nearly three years a month and a half ago, and it was a bit messy when it ended. I got blindsided and genuinely didn't see it coming, although in retrospect the signs were there. Things got boring, we fell out of love with each other a bit, we argued (although honestly not that much), and I guess she convinced herself it wasn't worth trying to fix things, but this isn't a post about that.

One of the main arguments was that I wasn't 100% on board with moving across the country, but that was because I was a bit scared of change and I never communicated that to them. I actually had a boys trip planned to the city (Los Angeles) we were supposed to move to a few weeks after the breakup and I still went on it because I figured it would be good for me to see old friends (and I had already paid for a lot of stuff), and I honestly fell in love with the city and realized that I needed a fresh start. I want to learn to surf, make new friends, go running and biking year round, and not get seasonal depression anymore. I have two friends living in the city plus I plan on getting roommates so it wouldn't be a lonely move.

I wasn't seriously considering moving there still until I got an interview for a job at a major tech firm I had applied to pre-breakup. Now I'm on the 3rd round and this position could give me a 50% raise, if not more. So, how the fuck do I navigate this without getting hung up on my ex? I also don't want to destroy any chances of things working out by seeming like I'm being creepy as shit. I might be at peace with things ending but I still think things could be different in a few months if we've both changed. I'd be living a 45 minute drive away at least so it's not like we'd be close to each other.

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tl;dr: Got a job offer in the city I was supposed to move to with my ex, I had previously acted like I hated that city but I actually loved it when I visited it post-breakup. Not sure what to do because I want to heal and not look like a fucking creep.

Submitted May 04, 2022 at 07:51PM by Efficient-Future786 https://ift.tt/rTkEB7s