do you think couples who broke up should force being friends?

hi chiyosan, I think it is not necessary but atleast be civil with each other if ever they will see each other again, happy mylotting

Well, I think they should not force themselves of becoming friends. They can either forget each other or give a space in their hearts to accept the fact that they can no longer be together but keep the friendship they have with honesty and no strings attached. In that way things will be better.

I think they shouldn't force it. They should let the pain and hurt pass until they are both ready to be friends again. forcing it might only get things to worst and will only lead to enemies for life.

Two situations. If there were just boyfriend(girlfriend) and broke up, it's a bad idea to being friends ,because his(her) new boyfriend(girlfriend) will care about that.(maybe you two guys had sleep together even). If there were married , maybe it's a reasonable idea to force being freiends.

I think there is a line that lies in between them in this cae. Usually, as husbands and wives, they would have to erase that line, and that is where trouble erupts. It is a sad fact, but if they do not end up as happy husbands and wives, then they are a failure. Well, since they would have to let go of the relationship, that does not mean that they also have to end up as strangers. They can still end up as friends, as long as they do not go into any intimacy at all. Or else, if they go into any intimacy, then they are hypocrites on their own. I think it is rather a choice of their own that they can remain as friends, and I do not see anything wrong with that.

What do you mean a couple or married one. I know we dealt our past experienced. And there are some misunderstood events which couldn't handle better. After all we have to secure the friendship and be friend to your partners. It is the easiest way how to manage the unresolved conflict or whatever your past.

Hi Chiyosan! Couples who have broke up are not expected to be friends right away. Breaking up is a painful situation and it is expected that you keep distant to each other. When things are fine and you both moved on, then that is the time they can be friends. Healing takes time, so don't force yourselves to be friends right away.

I think it is too difficult for couples to be friends after they broke up, unless you haven't loved each other before. It is not easy to forget the past and therefore it is tough to be friends again. As it may remind you the sad past since you can't be together. I love China

I honestly don't think that it's necessary. If they do remain friends, then great! Good for them. But if they don't, I don't think that it's the end of the world. They shouldn't have to remain friends.

we cannot force one to be friends again with the ex. it all depends in the situation how and why they broke up. if they can be friends after, then good. but if not, we should not force each other.

It depends to them. We usually see that most couples stay as friends when the break up but the truth it is just the couples who know well which I don't think they decide and treat each other as friends after that. For me myself if things as such happen to me I don't think I can accept him as my friends since I hardly can forgive and get along back with people who hurt my feeling. Most probably I will leave and try to forget about him.No point to be seen together again..(^^)

No one should be force to be friends with anyone. Friendship isn't something you can be forced to. If you want to be friend with your ex that's fine. If your ex hurt you so many times and you can't stand seeing him so why you should force yourself? I believe in freedom of choice.

It is better to be friends afterwards but it depends on the individual because some people don't like this idea and they find it really uncomfortable to be friends with their ex. It's like can you put up with seeing them everyday, knowing that you guys have been in a relationship? What about the emotions linked with the break up? Can you brush off those emotions and move on? A friend of mine broke up with her boyfriend and when they see each other, it's just really awkward.

Seldom happened that couples who decided to broke up became friends. It depends on the reason why they decided to separate ways.Because sometimes we can't really tell. Some couples who broke up don't want to be friends anymore because they will just remember how bad their relationship was. But some couples who broke up became friends especially if they didn't have any bad reason why they broke up they just decided to broke up for a god reason.

I don't think so Chiyosan... forcing friendship is not a good idea for couples who already broke up. Being friend will happen between them at the right time...

I don't think that it's usually a good idea for a couple to remain friends after they've broken up unless the break up was mutual between them. For example, one guy who I was with was more like a friend to me and we both decided that we were better as friends than we had been as a couple so we became friends again with ease. The guy I'm with now broke up with me in January and we couldn't be friends because it was just too painful. Now, we're back together and much happier than ever before because we both wanted the same things in the end.