Can you ever truly be friends with an ex?

Of course me and my ex(s) are friends after we decided to really call it quits. Were still friends and got friends who ask me if its okay with me to remain friends with my ex gf's. But for me theres nothing wrong with it. Others may say that if you are friends with your ex you are still holding on that you'll get back to each other. and for me its not true as long as you both accepted the fact that things will never work out between the two of you. it is possible to have a lasting friendship instead of a relationship that wont really last for both of you.

I've never been friends with an ex...when we split up regardless of who's fault it was...I just wanted to get as far away as possible. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

[b]hello everyone!! But of course you can, like my situation too, after how many years i didn't heard about my ex..as of now, my friend give my email add to him and we start chatting on the net, we both have families now..it was really happy too see him again and sometimes we remember the things we've done before but it was a past now..so, nothing more but were only friend now.. that's it!!

I think you can, i am friends with a few of my ex's and they are good friends. But I agree if you don't want to go down that path, no intimacy is the key, I am the same.

I think you can but it doesn't work for all exes though. I dated this guy in high school and he ended up liking my close friend instead. But that was years ago and we've spent time together when we're in the same place. When he came to the US for a vacation, he even stayed at our place for about a week and we even ended up going to places by ourselves, no romance whatsoever. With my previous ex, however, well, it's a bit complicated. We were best friends for years before we became involved. The break-up was mutual but it still hurt, of course. For a while, we still confided in each other as often as we could but when I started seeing Boyfriend, we exchanged fewer emails and calls and when he got a girlfriend, it feels like we're just acquaintances now.

From my current experience I must say that it is possible. I broke up with my boyfriend about year ago because he didnt behave me well. After that we havent seen each other for three month. By accident we met and have a talk and find out that we have a lot of things to discuss and later we became friends. I dont know why but his behaviour has completely changed. He is always here for me when I need him, he is interested what I am doing etc. So he is a best friend for me now.

I can't see why one couldn't remain friends with an ex . It would depend more on how the relationship broke up and the feelings on both sides . If one is still upset how many years later over the breakup this would make it hard to remain friends but if you ended the relationship on a good note then there would be no reason why one couldn't remain friends with each other .

I would, nothing wrong in being friends with them....but that depends on the intensity of the kind of relationship we had with them

Personally, I really have not become friends with any of my ex(s). This is mainly because if someone hurts me or betrays me in any way, I honestly do not want to have anything to do with them. Some people can do this, and it sounds to me like your doing well at it. I do not know why I feel that way, but I have always been like that. I do not associate with people that betray me, because if they were a true friend, girlfriend, or whatever, they would not have betrayed me in the first place. Now do not get me wrong, I never really have grown to "hate" any of my ex(s) because I believe that you honestly should not hate anyone, its such a strong word. I dislike a lot of them very much, but that is just me. It is really cool to know that there are some people out there that do not hold grudges and can forgive so easily! More power to you though!!! Have a good day!