Is it Possible To Be Friends After Break-up?

I guess it all depends on the break up itself if it was acrimonious or ended up with partners hating each other then it's time for both parties to move on, sometimes friendship is not an option because what has made the break up happen, i.e cheating on your partner or abuse etc. Some people actually get on much better when they break up the marriage and the friendship is stronger, others just cannot move on and see their ex as someone to cling onto. I find it difficult to still be friends with my ex's because of what happened and so it is best for both to move on. I do forgive what they have done, forgiving is moving on, resentment, hate and anger just get you no where, but sometimes it is better to let them go and move on in life.

I am still friendly with some of my ex-boyfriends. I never broke up under mean, nasty conditions, just one of us fell out of love.

I think you can be friendly but a long lasting friendship, I am not to sure. I am friendly with my ex husband for the sake if my daughter. i care about what happens to him, but we don't pal around. We have gone out for drinks a few times but only when he isn't in a relationship.

Of course,its possible. People do it all the time:) I wouldnt say I have no problem with being friends because in some situations when someone ultimatly betrays you. really thats somthing that shouldnt reallybe forgiven SO EASILY.But with me,Im a out of sight out of mind kind.I have no control over my feelings when it comes to forgiveness,with me it just kinda happends over time...

Well that really depends on how these two people broke up. There are ex-cuples that I know of that they ended up the relationship in good therms where they both sit and talked where the relationship is going and decided to call it off in good terms so they can be friends after the break-up but there are also that ended the relationship in bad terms and it would be hard to be friends again. so for me it it possible but again the cause of break-up will really be detrimental to it. hope this answer your questions.

I think it is possible, though it is not something I have really done. For me though, it has been a lack of interest on both sides to make the effort to keep in contact and such. I think some people get to the point where they think that there is nothing left for even a friendship, and that feelings from the relationship will impact a friendship in a negative manner.

you can break as friends but you need to separate your self if it,s over it,s over don,t drag it out by keeping fresh feeling a live.go ahead and stay away from them so you and that person can heal.

Why not? It is very much possible since you guys have a former relationship. All you need to do is turn it to friendship. Start anew without feeling pain and anger to one another.

Personally for me we can be friends after break up, but we can't be together all the tim. exampla meeting each other. Beside when we break up with someone the person will have a small feeling for the person he/she loved. Even if they get a new partner, it will be quite difficult to stay friends, as their new partner will not allow he/she meeting each other as friends. Their is some kind of jealous. I had break up with my ex girlfriend and we were only friends. Now that i have a new partner, she does not allow me to talk nor meet my ex, although she is now my friend. Beside my ex-girlfriend too has a new partner and he too don't like us meeting or sms each other. So my conclusion is that we can be friends when we break up but not for long as when we'll get a new partner each other, we'll stop meeting gradually and stop sending sms. Thus we will not contact each other and the friendship will end.

I am still friends with my ex's because I want to keep it that way. After a couple of months after the break up and for instance we saw each other at a party or something, I am usually the one to come up to them first to befriend them. My friend told me that if you are still friends with your ex, its because you never really love them that much... I'm not sure but probably she's right...

Yes it is very possible to be friends after a break-up. Why not? Just be supportive in their future endeavors. Remember the good times. It is all attitude.

I think its possible it depends on how u ended the relationship. I know there are some that cant be friends cuz of the way they broke up, like if one cheated on the other,or they didnt want the breakup in the first place and it was only a one sided decision that the other made. Now there would be another discussion, but if u know u can get someone else it would ok but some dont have that mentality to want to let go,

Hi, No.I donot think so. I strongly believe that any relation is built on a thread known as TRUST.And the break-ups in Life take place when the TRUST-Thread is destroyed by either/both.So, post break-up friendship will not re-genearte again.Mistrust & suspicion will abstain it from reforming . =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

I think its possible if the lovers loved really much before they break up.

Well i had 5 relationships in the past and all of them just disaster waited to happen LOL especially the last one it's just not draining on my energies but also draining me financially and I'm not even married LOL so I don't think I want to be friends with my exes and in fact I'd say good riddance to them all and I've been single for 5 years and going strong LOL I guess every people have their own experiences on relationship and I wish they won't have mine :)

It is possible but the gap will always be there. Even the type of friendship after the break up is less than the type of friendship we had before. I usually had violent (...none physical)break ups with my former girlfriends. We argue a lot to the point of calling it quits even without formal break ups. I'm beginning to get used to it. Ladies come and go and i'm still on the process of finding the right girl for me.

I have wanted to stay friends with all of my ex's. It was me who did the breaking up with them though. I really only keep in touch with one of them. It's just kind of awkward. I have no problems keeping in touch and up to date on their lives, new romances included. They however really want me out of their life so I started keeping my distance.

No it is definitely not possible for me. I might abuse my partner and give a thrashing if a new romance enters her life. And by the way how many ex's do you guys have anyways? Because I've been steady with my first girl for more than a year so...you talk like you have been through a hundred relations.

I'm not sure. There are a few ex's of mine that I will talk to occasionally. And one I hang out with occasionally, like once or twice ever 3 or 4 years. My last boyfriend and I tried being friends after we broke up but I find it didn't work out so good. I think the only way it could work, is if you were friends before you dated. I have seen it happen with some people before. Sometimes I don't understand all the hatred after a break up. It's enevitable. You can't change the heart. But no one should be hated for leaving the other.

It is possible to become friends after break-up and it is very common. People argue with each other because at that point of time they think that they are right and think only for themselves sometimes but, after they realise that what they have done is wrong, there is nothing wrong to get back together again. some experts say that your relationship as friend actually gets stronger when you break-up and get together again. As far as I know, there are no such thing as we should not always be together again :)