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Hi everyone.

I'm in a bit of a weird situation and I'm finding it quite amusing but I'm unsure on what do to.
Happily married to DH with DD so the ex in question is some years ago.

I don't have Facebook. We have some things in the loft that we want to get rid of to clear space and there are an expensive pair of designer shoes that I won't wear again so I asked DH to put them on fb market place. They've been up a few weeks and could do with the money so was happy when he said someone will come and collect them.

Anyway, DH is at work today and he sent me the woman's number on WhatsApp and what time she will collect.
I went to message her to let her know what time to collect and low and behold it's my exes girlfriend! (I doubt she has any clue who my husband is, I don't even know if she knows who i am) but we live in a small town and there's a chance she knows who I am as I was with ex a while.

Anyway, the bloody pair of shoes I'm selling are shoes ex bought me!
Obviously I'm not going to say anything but the odds of this happening are quite small and I could do with the money. I'm just imagining me opening the front door and there's an awkward moment if silence and I'm handing over a pair of heels to her that her boyfriend bought for ME!

Shall I just go ahead with it and not say anything? Hoping for a smooth transaction but silently imagining her sat at dinner with ex wearing a pair of shoes that ex bought for me and both are blissfully unaware (well, I hope anyway)

No bad blood from either sides either as I said it was so long ago.
AIBU to sell her the shoes and keep quiet? Or is that really awkward? I'm probably overthinking this but hate awkward silences and imagining the Penny dropping for her when I open the front door

Just sell her them or arrange for your DH to hand them over if you think it'll be weird

Oh this is quite weird; in her position I would not want the shoes any more. Can you ask her to post the money through the door and leave the shoes on the step to avoid seeing her?
Realise that’s a risk but you do know who she is after all….

We live in the centre of a market town and we don't have a gate to our front door, we literally open our door to the high street! Or I'd risk hiding them somewhere.

Out of all the bloody people. Do you think I should text her a breezy casual text (I don't even know how I'd word it)

The shoes are quite rare (bought for me in selfridges years ago) and quite timeless so I don't know if ex would recognise them but if that happens I guess it's not my problem then! My only saving Grace is there's no bad blood and when I bump into ex we do say hello / smile and nod type thing so there's no animosity thankfully.

She's due to collect at 6 and I'm getting a bit fidgety 😬

I'd just open the door, if she knows who you are pretend like you hadn't already figured out who she is.

Anything else is irrelevant.

Just hand them over & say nothing 🙈🙈

Just get her to put the money through the door and leave them out for a specified time (in a place hidden from the road obviously). No need to see her face to face. Honestly-I doubt ex will even realise they are the shoes he got you. I doubt I'd remember the style of shoes I got my ex years ago. I wouldn't care either.

Tbh you've given enough detail on here that she'll know already if she's a mumsnetter...

Meh, he won't remember the shoes.